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CVE-2019-17594

CVE-2019-17594MEDIUM

n/a n/a — 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-…

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   L   N  U  L  L  L    5.3   .0055   44.7     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  Oct 14  Reserved by mitre
  Oct 14  Published (CNA: mitre)
  Oct 14  ENRICHED — CVE-2019-17594. Received CVSS 5.3 and CPE data from NVD.
  Oct 14  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2019-17594. Public exploit reference added.

CWE-125 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v3.1 · 6 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 4 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
October 14, 2019	Reserved	Reserved by mitre
October 14, 2019	Published	Published (CNA: mitre)
October 14, 2026	ENRICHED	ENRICHED — CVE-2019-17594. Received CVSS 5.3 and CPE data from NVD.
October 14, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2019-17594. Public exploit reference added.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-125

References (6)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00059.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00061.html [Third Party Advisory]
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00017.html [Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00045.html [Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-28 [Third Party Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2019-17594 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-125

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