{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0972","details":"Integer signedness error in ansi.c for GNU screen 4.0.1 and earlier, and 3.9.15 and earlier, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a large number of \";\" (semicolon) characters in escape sequences, which leads to a buffer overflow.","modified":"2026-09-01T20:01:11.781453017Z","published":"2003-12-15T05:00:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2003-0972"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0972"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"screen","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/screen?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.0.2-0.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0972.json"}},{"package":{"name":"screen","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/screen?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.0.2-0.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0972.json"}},{"package":{"name":"screen","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/screen?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.0.2-0.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0972.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}