VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-17595
There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the fmt_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.
MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 2.22%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.22%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the fmt_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
- EPSS
- 2.22% probability · 83th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- invisible-island/ncurses · opensuse/leap
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00059.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00061.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00013.htmlExploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00045.htmlMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-28Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00059.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00061.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00013.htmlExploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00045.htmlMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-28Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.