Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ncurses-libs package, versions <0:6.2-8.20210508.el9_0.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.33% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-NCURSESLIBS-13163512
  • published1 Oct 2025
  • disclosed18 Apr 2022

Introduced: 18 Apr 2022

CVE-2022-29458  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 ncurses-libs to version 0:6.2-8.20210508.el9_0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2025:17006.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ncurses-libs package and not the ncurses-libs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

ncurses 6.3 before patch 20220416 has an out-of-bounds read and segmentation violation in convert_strings in tinfo/read_entry.c in the terminfo library.

CVSS Base Scores

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