CVE-2003-0972

Name	CVE-2003-0972
Description	Integer signedness error in ansi.c for GNU screen 4.0.1 and earlier, and 3.9.15 and earlier, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a large number of ";" (semicolon) characters in escape sequences, which leads to a buffer overflow.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-408

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
screen (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	4.2.1-3+deb8u2	fixed
	stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch	4.5.0-6+deb9u1	fixed
	buster (security), buster, buster (lts)	4.6.2-3+deb10u1	fixed
	bullseye	4.8.0-6	fixed
	bookworm	4.9.0-4	fixed
	sid, trixie	4.9.1-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
screen	source	woody	3.9.11-5woody1		DSA-408
screen	source	(unstable)	4.0.2-0.1