FKIE_CVE-2022-29458

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-04-18 21:15 - Updated: 2026-07-27 13:43
Severity
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00037.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00014.htmlExploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00037.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00014.htmlExploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
invisible-island ncurses *
invisible-island ncurses 6.3
apple macos *
debian debian_linux 10.0
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