CVE-2006-4573
LOW · CVSS 2.6EPSS 2.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 2.3% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4561)
- Published
- October 24, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4561 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / screen
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-users/2006-10/msg00028.html(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22573
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22583
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22611
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22647
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22649
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22707
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22726
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25402
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-01.xml
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.480775
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1202
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:191
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.026-screen.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20727
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-370-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4189
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-734
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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