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CVE-2019-17594

Published: 14 October 2019

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_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

5.3

Score breakdown

Status

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

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.3
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L