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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 24, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2006-4573

CVE-2006-4573

Description

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.

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Affected products

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  • GNU/Screen2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:gnu:screen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:screen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=4.0.2
    • (no CPE)range: <4.0.3

Patches

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