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CVE-2022-29458

high

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.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00037.html

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

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-04-18

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00028