CVE-2015-6806
Estado: ModificadaMedia (5)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Puntuación base: 5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 4.15%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 91
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-119
Referencias
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/commit/?id=b7484c224738247b510ed0d268cd577076958f1b
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00001.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3352
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/01/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/03/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/03/4
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45713
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3996-1/
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/commit/?id=b7484c224738247b510ed0d268cd577076958f1b
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00001.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3352
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/01/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/03/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/03/4
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45713
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3996-1/
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