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CVE-2003-0972
Integer signedness error in ansi.c for GNU screen 4.0.1 and earlier, and 3.9.15 and earlier, allows local users to execute arbitrary code…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 3.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Integer signedness error in ansi.c for GNU screen 4.0.1 and earlier, and 3.9.15 and earlier, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a large number of ";" (semicolon) characters in escape sequences, which leads to a buffer overflow.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 21 years later
· 21 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.6% · top 11% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 10539 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20031127 GNU screen buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-408 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- CLA-2004:809 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2003:113 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gnu-screen/message/3118 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2003-0962 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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