VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-29458
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.
HIGH 7.1EPSS 1.34%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.34%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.34% probability · 70th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- invisible-island/ncurses · apple/macos · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00037.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00014.htmlExploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00037.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00014.htmlExploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.