{"id":"USN-3996-1","summary":"GNU Screen vulnerability","details":"Kuang-che Wu discovered that GNU Screen improperly handled certain input. An \nattacker could use this issue to cause GNU Screen to crash, resulting in a\ndenial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:33Z","published":"2019-05-29T13:55:13Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6806"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-6806","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6806"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3996-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6806"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"screen","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/screen@4.1.0~20120320gitdb59704-9ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.1.0~20120320gitdb59704-9ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["4.0.3-14ubuntu10","4.1.0~20120320gitdb59704-9"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_name":"screen","binary_version":"4.1.0~20120320gitdb59704-9ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2015-6806","severity":[{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3996-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}