CVE-2022-29458
HIGH7.1EPSS 0.04%ncurses - security update
Published: 4/18/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Alpine/ncursesfrom 0, < 6.2_p20210109-r1
- Debian/ncursesfrom 0, < 6.2+20201114-2+deb11u1
- Debian/ncursesfrom 0, < 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |