Description
The MScrollV function in ansi.c in GNU screen 4.3.1 and earlier does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via an escape sequence with a large repeat count value.
Published: 2015-09-28
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-305-1 screen security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3352-1 screen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-6743 The MScrollV function in ansi.c in GNU screen 4.3.1 and earlier does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via an escape sequence with a large repeat count value.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3996-1 GNU Screen vulnerability
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01657}

epss

{'score': 0.00643}


Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.00718}

epss

{'score': 0.01657}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:29:24.823Z

Reserved: 2015-09-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-6806

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-09-28T20:59:06.280

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-6806

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-08-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-6806 - Bugzilla

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