Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ncurses package, versions [,6_3_20220416)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.12% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-NCURSES-3146359
  • published23 Nov 2022
  • disclosed23 Nov 2022
  • creditNCNIPC

Introduced: 23 Nov 2022

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

How to fix?

Upgrade ncurses to version 6_3_20220416 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read in the convert_strings function in tinfo/read_entry.c, which allows attackers to crash the service when processing corrupt terminfo data.

CVSS Scores

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