CVE-2021-26937

encoding.c in GNU Screen through 4.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted UTF-8 character sequence.
References
Link Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/09/8 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/screen/ Product
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00031.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNWBOIDEPOEQS5RMQVMFKHKXJCGNYWBL/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JJWLXP45POUUYBJRRWPVAWNZDJTLYWVM/
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-devel/2021-02/msg00000.html Exploit Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-11 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4861 Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/09/3 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/09/8 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/screen/ Product
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00031.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNWBOIDEPOEQS5RMQVMFKHKXJCGNYWBL/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JJWLXP45POUUYBJRRWPVAWNZDJTLYWVM/
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-devel/2021-02/msg00000.html Exploit Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-11 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250509-0004/
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4861 Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/09/3 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:screen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

09 May 2025, 20:15

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References
  • () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250509-0004/ -

21 Nov 2024, 05:57

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/09/8 - Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/09/8 - Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/screen/ - Product () https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/screen/ - Product
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00031.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00031.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNWBOIDEPOEQS5RMQVMFKHKXJCGNYWBL/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNWBOIDEPOEQS5RMQVMFKHKXJCGNYWBL/ -
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JJWLXP45POUUYBJRRWPVAWNZDJTLYWVM/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JJWLXP45POUUYBJRRWPVAWNZDJTLYWVM/ -
References () https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-devel/2021-02/msg00000.html - Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory () https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-devel/2021-02/msg00000.html - Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-11 - Third Party Advisory () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-11 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4861 - Third Party Advisory () https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4861 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/09/3 - Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/09/3 - Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

06 May 2022, 20:59

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References (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-11 - (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-11 - Third Party Advisory

26 May 2021, 10:15

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References
  • (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-11 -

Information

Published : 2021-02-09 20:15

Updated : 2025-05-09 20:15


NVD link : CVE-2021-26937

Mitre link : CVE-2021-26937

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-26937


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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

gnu

  • screen

fedoraproject

  • fedora
CWE
CWE-88

Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')