CVE-2021-39537
HIGH8.8EPSS 0.36%ncurses - security update
Published: 9/20/2021Modified: 12/3/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2021-39537
Description
An issue was discovered in ncurses through v6.2-1. _nc_captoinfo in captoinfo.c has a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected packages (3)
- Alpine/ncursesfrom 0, < 6.2_p20200523-r1
- Debian/ncursesfrom 0, < 6.2+20200912-1
- Debian/ncursesfrom 0, < 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |