CVE-2002-1602: GNU Screen

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the Braille module for GNU screen 3.9.11, when HAVE_BRAILLE is defined, allows local users to execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

• GNU Screen: version 3.9.4 only; version 3.9.8 only; version 3.9.9 only; version 3.9.10 only; version 3.9.11 only

Published 2002-04-23. Last modified 2026-06-16.