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.

CVSS v3.1 NVD

5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

CVSS v2.0 NVD

5.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

EPSS

2.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 82nd percentile

Published

2019-10-14

Updated

2026-10-14

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00013.html

Security advisories

• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00045.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00059.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00061.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-28

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry