CVE-2021-26937

Public on 2021-02-09
Modified on 2021-04-07
Description

A flaw was found in screen. A specially crafted sequence of combining characters could cause an out of bounds write leading to arbitrary code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
9.6
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 screen 2021-04-07 00:18 ALAS-2021-1492
Amazon Linux 2 - Core screen 2021-03-25 18:31 ALAS2-2021-1623

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 9.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H