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CVE-2019-17595

Published: 14 October 2019

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the fmt_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
DoS only

Priority

Negligible

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.4

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
ncurses
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1)
disco Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
eoan Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
focal
Released (6.1+20191019-1ubuntu1)
groovy
Released (6.1+20191019-1ubuntu1)
hirsute
Released (6.1+20191019-1ubuntu1)
impish
Released (6.1+20191019-1ubuntu1)
jammy
Released (6.1+20191019-1ubuntu1)
kinetic
Released (6.1+20191019-1ubuntu1)
lunar
Released (6.1+20191019-1ubuntu1)
trusty
Released (5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2)
upstream
Released (6.1+20191019-1)
xenial
Released (6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.4
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L