CVE-2021-26937
highpriority · track · 42EPSS 0.091 · 95 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
encoding.c in GNU Screen through 4.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted UTF-8 character sequence.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- Fixedscreen-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0742 - Fixedscreen-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0742 - Fixedscreen-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0742 - Fixedscreen-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0742 - Fixedscreen-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0742 - Fixedscreen-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0742 - Fixedscreen-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0742 - Fixedscreen-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0742 - Fixedscreen-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0742 - Fixedscreen-debuginfo-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0742 - Fixedscreen-debuginfo-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0742 - Fixedscreen-debuginfo-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0742 - Fixedscreen-debuginfo-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0742 - Fixedscreen-debuginfo-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0742 - Fixedscreen-debuginfo-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0742 - Fixedscreen-0:4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1074 - Fixedscreen-0:4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1074 - Fixedscreen-0:4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1074 - Fixedscreen-0:4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1074 - Fixedscreen-0:4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1074 - Fixedscreen-0:4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1074 - Fixedscreen-0:4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1074 - Fixedscreen-debuginfo-0:4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1074 - Fixedscreen-debuginfo-0:4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1074 - Fixedscreen-debuginfo-0:4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1074 - Fixedscreen-debuginfo-0:4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1074 - Workaroundscreen-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
This flaw is in utf8 processing; if your screen configuration does not enable utf8 (through configuration such as "defencoding utf-8" in .screenrc), you are not vulnerable.
- Workaroundscreen-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
This flaw is in utf8 processing; if your screen configuration does not enable utf8 (through configuration such as "defencoding utf-8" in .screenrc), you are not vulnerable.
- Workaroundscreen-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
This flaw is in utf8 processing; if your screen configuration does not enable utf8 (through configuration such as "defencoding utf-8" in .screenrc), you are not vulnerable.
- Workaroundscreen-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
This flaw is in utf8 processing; if your screen configuration does not enable utf8 (through configuration such as "defencoding utf-8" in .screenrc), you are not vulnerable.
- Workaroundscreen-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
This flaw is in utf8 processing; if your screen configuration does not enable utf8 (through configuration such as "defencoding utf-8" in .screenrc), you are not vulnerable.
- Workaroundscreen-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
This flaw is in utf8 processing; if your screen configuration does not enable utf8 (through configuration such as "defencoding utf-8" in .screenrc), you are not vulnerable.
- Workaroundscreen-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
This flaw is in utf8 processing; if your screen configuration does not enable utf8 (through configuration such as "defencoding utf-8" in .screenrc), you are not vulnerable.
- Workaroundscreen-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
This flaw is in utf8 processing; if your screen configuration does not enable utf8 (through configuration such as "defencoding utf-8" in .screenrc), you are not vulnerable.
- Workaroundscreen-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
This flaw is in utf8 processing; if your screen configuration does not enable utf8 (through configuration such as "defencoding utf-8" in .screenrc), you are not vulnerable.
- Workaroundscreen-debuginfo-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
This flaw is in utf8 processing; if your screen configuration does not enable utf8 (through configuration such as "defencoding utf-8" in .screenrc), you are not vulnerable.
- Workaroundscreen-debuginfo-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
This flaw is in utf8 processing; if your screen configuration does not enable utf8 (through configuration such as "defencoding utf-8" in .screenrc), you are not vulnerable.
- Workaroundscreen-debuginfo-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
This flaw is in utf8 processing; if your screen configuration does not enable utf8 (through configuration such as "defencoding utf-8" in .screenrc), you are not vulnerable.
- Workaroundscreen-debuginfo-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
This flaw is in utf8 processing; if your screen configuration does not enable utf8 (through configuration such as "defencoding utf-8" in .screenrc), you are not vulnerable.
- Workaroundscreen-debuginfo-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
This flaw is in utf8 processing; if your screen configuration does not enable utf8 (through configuration such as "defencoding utf-8" in .screenrc), you are not vulnerable.
- Workaroundscreen-debuginfo-0:4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
This flaw is in utf8 processing; if your screen configuration does not enable utf8 (through configuration such as "defencoding utf-8" in .screenrc), you are not vulnerable.
- Workaroundscreen-0:4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
This flaw is in utf8 processing; if your screen configuration does not enable utf8 (through configuration such as "defencoding utf-8" in .screenrc), you are not vulnerable.
- Workaroundscreen-0:4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
This flaw is in utf8 processing; if your screen configuration does not enable utf8 (through configuration such as "defencoding utf-8" in .screenrc), you are not vulnerable.
- Workaroundscreen-0:4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
This flaw is in utf8 processing; if your screen configuration does not enable utf8 (through configuration such as "defencoding utf-8" in .screenrc), you are not vulnerable.
- Workaroundscreen-0:4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
This flaw is in utf8 processing; if your screen configuration does not enable utf8 (through configuration such as "defencoding utf-8" in .screenrc), you are not vulnerable.
- Workaroundscreen-0:4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
This flaw is in utf8 processing; if your screen configuration does not enable utf8 (through configuration such as "defencoding utf-8" in .screenrc), you are not vulnerable.
- Workaroundscreen-0:4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
This flaw is in utf8 processing; if your screen configuration does not enable utf8 (through configuration such as "defencoding utf-8" in .screenrc), you are not vulnerable.
- Workaroundscreen-0:4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
This flaw is in utf8 processing; if your screen configuration does not enable utf8 (through configuration such as "defencoding utf-8" in .screenrc), you are not vulnerable.
- Workaroundscreen-debuginfo-0:4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
This flaw is in utf8 processing; if your screen configuration does not enable utf8 (through configuration such as "defencoding utf-8" in .screenrc), you are not vulnerable.
- Workaroundscreen-debuginfo-0:4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
This flaw is in utf8 processing; if your screen configuration does not enable utf8 (through configuration such as "defencoding utf-8" in .screenrc), you are not vulnerable.
- Workaroundscreen-debuginfo-0:4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
This flaw is in utf8 processing; if your screen configuration does not enable utf8 (through configuration such as "defencoding utf-8" in .screenrc), you are not vulnerable.
- Workaroundscreen-debuginfo-0:4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7_7.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
This flaw is in utf8 processing; if your screen configuration does not enable utf8 (through configuration such as "defencoding utf-8" in .screenrc), you are not vulnerable.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
weaknesses
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affected products (33)
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advisories (2)
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- RHSA-2021:0742Red Hat Security Advisory: screen security update2021-03-08csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for screen is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
- RHSA-2022:1074Red Hat Security Advisory: screen security update2022-03-28csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for screen is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
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references (42)
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/09/8cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-26937cnnvd
- https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/screen/cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00031.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNWBOIDEPOEQS5RMQVMFKHKXJCGNYWBL/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JJWLXP45POUUYBJRRWPVAWNZDJTLYWVM/cnnvd
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-devel/2021-02/msg00000.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161533/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-4747-1.htmlcnnvd
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