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Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ncurses package, versions <6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.1% (42nd percentile)
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NVD
7.1 high
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SUSE
5.5 medium
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Red Hat
6.1 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1604-NCURSES-2770351
  • published 21 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 18 Apr 2022
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Introduced: 18 Apr 2022

CVE-2022-29458 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-125 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 ncurses to version 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ncurses package and not the ncurses package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.