Vulnerability CVE-2021-26937
Published: 2021-02-09

Description:
encoding.c in GNU Screen through 4.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted UTF-8 character sequence.

Type:

CWE-88

 (Argument Injection or Modification)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
GNU -> Screen 

 References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/09/8
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/screen/
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-devel/2021-02/msg00000.html
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/09/3
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