CVE-2015-6806 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in GNU screen versions 4.3.1 and earlier. An attacker can exploit a flaw in the MScrollV function's handling of escape sequences with large repeat counts, leading to stack consumption. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnu_screen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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