CVE-2020-5254 Information

Description

In NetHack before 3.6.6 some out-of-bound values for the hilite_status option can be exploited. NetHack 3.6.6 resolves this issue.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/security/advisories/GHSA-2ch6-6r8h-m2p9

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.1