Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 24, 2006· Updated Apr 23, 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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
21- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-users/2006-10/msg00028.htmlnvdPatch
- docs.info.apple.com/article.htmlnvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22573nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22583nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22611nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22647nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22649nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22707nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22726nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/25402nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-01.xmlnvd
- slackware.com/security/viewer.phpnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1202nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.026-screen.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20727nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-370-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4189nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-734nvd
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