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CVE-2019-17594

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Description

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.

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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-28

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00045.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00061.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00059.html

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00017.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-10-14

Updated: 2021-02-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00034

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