Out-of-Bounds Affecting ncurses-base package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-NCURSESBASE-1995930
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed11 Oct 2019

Introduced: 11 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-17594  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 ncurses-base.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ncurses-base package and not the ncurses-base package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.

CVSS Scores

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