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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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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