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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-09-28T20:00:00

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

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

Link: CVE-2015-6806

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:35:41.037

Link: CVE-2015-6806

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

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

Links: CVE-2015-6806 - Bugzilla