Is CVE-2025-46805 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-46805 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-46805?

CVE-2025-46805 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-46805?

CVE-2025-46805 has an EPSS score of 0.17% (6th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-46805?

Upgrade screen on debian 13 to 4.9.1-3 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-46805

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Screen version 5.0.0 and older version 4 releases have a TOCTOU race potentially allowing to send SIGHUP, SIGCONT to privileged processes when installed setuid-root.

CWE-367TOCTOU Race Condition

How to fix

Remediation Available

screenDebian

Fixed in:4.9.1-3CVE-2025-46805

screenUbuntu

Fixed in:4.9.0-1ubuntu0.1USN-7978-1

Fixed in:4.9.1-1ubuntu1USN-7978-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.17%probability of exploitation in 30 days

6thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 6% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-367 (TOCTOU Race Condition) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2022-36980	High	8.1	83%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-30088	High	7.0	68%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2004-0594	Medium	5.1	55%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-50379	Critical	9.8	44%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-38146	High	8.8	39%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-0132	Critical	9.0	37%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-05-28.