CVE-2022-29458

Description

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.

References

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00016.html

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00014.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00037.html

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3