CVE-2022-29458 (High) detected in ncursesncurses-6.5

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CVE-2022-29458 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - ncursesncurses-6.5

Gnu Distributions

Library home page: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses?wsslib=ncurses

Found in HEAD commit: 816463d989cc5839c1cca2efb5bf2503408507fb

Found in base branches: stable/3.2, master

Vulnerable Source Files (2)

/contrib/ncurses/ncurses/tinfo/read_entry.c /contrib/ncurses/ncurses/tinfo/read_entry.c

Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2022-04-18

URL: CVE-2022-29458

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.1)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Local
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29458

Release Date: 2022-04-18

Fix Resolution: ncurses - 6.3

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