fkie_cve-2021-39537
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2021-09-20 16:15
Modified
2024-11-21 06:19
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
An issue was discovered in ncurses through v6.2-1. _nc_captoinfo in captoinfo.c has a heap-based buffer overflow.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/pkgsrc/devel/ncurses/patches/patch-ncurses_tinfo_captoinfo.c?rev=1.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markupPatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/43Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/45Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2020-08/msg00006.htmlExploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2021-10/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230427-0012/
cve@mitre.orghttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213443Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213444Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/pkgsrc/devel/ncurses/patches/patch-ncurses_tinfo_captoinfo.c?rev=1.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markupPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/43Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/45Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2020-08/msg00006.htmlExploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2021-10/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230427-0012/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213443Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213444Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu ncurses *
apple mac_os_x 10.12.6
apple macos 11.7
apple macos 13.0


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