VDB
CVE-2015-6806
CVE-2015-6806
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 4.15% · 90.1th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
4.15%
90.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | screen | 0, 4.1.0~20120320gitdb59704-9, 4.0.3-14ubuntu10 |
Timeline
- Sep 28, 2015 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 10, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 17, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 8, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6806 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/01/1 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3996-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6806 third-party-advisory