2.6

CVE-2006-4573: gnu screen

CVSS: 2.6v2.0LowModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2006-4573DSA-1202-1
Published 24-10-2006Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-4573 is a low (CVSS 2.6) vulnerability in gnu screen. EPSS estimates a 2.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
11/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
2.6/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.29%
0%100%
Low · +0.12 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 24-10-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the "utf8 combining characters handling" (utf8_handle_comb function in encoding.c) in screen before 4.0.3 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) via certain UTF8 sequences.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.12 pp

From 2.17% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.29%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • screen< 4.0.3-0.1 | < 4.0.2-4.1sarge1
Gnu1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

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