CVE-2006-4573
lowpriority · track · 11EPSS 0.023 · 83 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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 service (crash or hang) via certain UTF8 sequences.
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affected products (3)
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references (42)
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- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530enisa_euvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-users/2006-10/msg00028.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22573enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22583enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22611enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22647enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22649enisa_euvd
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