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TI-2000-00891 Aliases CVE-2000-0901GHSA-rvv8-fhqp-59jg

Format string vulnerability in screen 3.9.5 and earlier allows local users to gain root…

Priority LOW 23Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Format string vulnerability in screen 3.9.5 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via format characters in the vbell_msg initialization variable.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0097 62nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:juergen:weigert_screen:3.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.9.3VulnerableJuergen
cpe:2.3:a:juergen:weigert_screen:3.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.9.4VulnerableJuergen
cpe:2.3:a:juergen:weigert_screen:3.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.9.5VulnerableJuergen
  • cpe:2.3:a:juergen:weigert_screen:3.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.9.3 Vulnerable ·Juergen
  • cpe:2.3:a:juergen:weigert_screen:3.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.9.4 Vulnerable ·Juergen
  • cpe:2.3:a:juergen:weigert_screen:3.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.9.5 Vulnerable ·Juergen

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2000-0901
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rvv8-fhqp-59jg

References

Advisory 3

Other 1

Sources

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