Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ncurses package, versions <6.1+20191019-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-NCURSES-473139
  • published15 Oct 2019
  • disclosed14 Oct 2019

Introduced: 14 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-17594  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable ncurses to version 6.1+20191019-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ncurses package and not the ncurses package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable 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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