CVE-2019-17595 Information

Description

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 Vector

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

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00059.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00061.html https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00013.html https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00045.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

LOW

Base Severity

5.4