VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2025-69720
The infocmp command-line tool in ncurses before 6.5-20251213 has a stack-based buffer overflow in analyze_string in progs/infocmp.c.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.45%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.45%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The infocmp command-line tool in ncurses before 6.5-20251213 has a stack-based buffer overflow in analyze_string in progs/infocmp.c.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.45% probability · 38th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-121, CWE-120
- Affected
- invisible-island/ncurses
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/Cao-Wuhui/CVE-2025-69720Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/6.5/Release Notes
- https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/Product
- https://marc.info/?l=ncurses-bug&m=176539968328570&w=2Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://marc.info/?l=ncurses-bug&m=176540731801330&w=2Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://marc.info/?l=ncurses-bug&m=176545557728083&w=2Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-253495.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.