CVE-2020-9366 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting GNU Screen versions prior to 4.8.0. This flaw allows specially crafted output or programs to corrupt memory, leading to crashes or potentially other severe impacts. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, enabling high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the high severity warrants immediate patching.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:screen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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