CVE-2006-4573
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-10-24 18:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 19:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-09-06
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2681dc559b292c40e9b0a788ed1348aa8088bc7bf2fdea5b14f3b9469265a277
05 Affected products
06 References
- docs.info.apple.comhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-1939http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
- slackware.comSSA:2006-307-02http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.480775
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:191http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:191
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-4189http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4189
- www.debian.orgDSA-1202http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1202
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2007-05-24http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-370-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-370-1
- secunia.com25402http://secunia.com/advisories/25402
- secunia.com22611http://secunia.com/advisories/22611
- secunia.com22573http://secunia.com/advisories/22573
- secunia.com22707http://secunia.com/advisories/22707
- lists.gnu.org[screen-users] 20061023 Secfix release for screen: screen-4.0.3http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-users/2006-10/msg00028.html
- www.securityfocus.com20727http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20727
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-734
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200611-01http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-01.xml
- www.openpkg.orgOpenPKG-SA-2006.026http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.026-screen.html
- secunia.com22583http://secunia.com/advisories/22583
- secunia.com22726http://secunia.com/advisories/22726
- secunia.com22647http://secunia.com/advisories/22647
- secunia.com22649http://secunia.com/advisories/22649
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- screen Fixed in 4.0.3-0.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- screen Fixed in 4.0.3-0.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- screen Fixed in 4.0.3-0.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.