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ubuntu-cve-2020-5254

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2020-03-10 17:15

Modified

2025-10-24 04:48

Summary

Details

In NetHack before 3.6.6, some out-of-bound values for the hilite_status option can be exploited. NetHack 3.6.6 resolves this issue.

Severity

3.9 (Low)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

8.1 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-5254	REPORT
	https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/security/advis…	REPORT
	https://nethack.org/security/CVE-2020-5254.html	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5254	REPORT

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      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "nethack-common",
            "binary_version": "3.6.1-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "nethack-console",
            "binary_version": "3.6.1-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "nethack-lisp",
            "binary_version": "3.6.1-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "nethack-x11",
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  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-5254",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T04:48:17Z",
  "published": "2020-03-10T17:15:00Z",
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    {
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-5254"
    },
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    },
    {
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    }
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
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    "CVE-2020-5254"
  ]
}

CVE-2020-5254 (GCVE-0-2020-5254)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-03-10 16:45 – Updated: 2024-08-04 08:22

Title

NetHack hilite_status parsing privilege escalation

Summary

In NetHack before 3.6.6, some out-of-bound values for the hilite_status option can be exploited. NetHack 3.6.6 resolves this issue.

Severity

3.9 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CWE

CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/security/advis…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
NetHack	NetHack	Affected: < 3.6.6

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Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ubuntu-cve-2020-5254

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2020-5254 (GCVE-0-2020-5254)

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