High
Security advisory
In tmux before version 3.1c the function input_csi_dispatch_sgr_colon() in file input.c contained a stack-based buffer-overflow that can be exploited by terminal output.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-27347
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 12:36 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In tmux before version 3.1c the function input_csi_dispatch_sgr_colon() in file input.c contained a stack-based buffer-overflow that can be exploited by terminal output.
osv:CVE-2020-27347
Complete source record
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