CVE-2022-29458

Name

CVE-2022-29458

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.

NVD Severity

medium

Other trackers

CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia

Mailing lists

oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq

Exploits

Exploit DB, Metasploit

Forges

GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type	URI
MISC	https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00016.html
MISC	https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00014.html
Third Party Advisory	https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488
Mailing List	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00037.html
Mailing List	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28

Match rules

CPE URI	Source package	Min version	Max version
`cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ncurses:6.3:-::::::`	ncurses	== None	== 6.3

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package	Branch	Version	Maintainer	Status
ncurses	3.14-main	6.2_p20210612-r1	Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>	fixed
ncurses	3.13-main	6.2_p20210109-r1	Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>	fixed