CVE-2025-6141 Information

Jun 17, 2025 cve

Description

A vulnerability has been found in GNU ncurses up to 6.5-20250322 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function postprocess_termcap of the file tinfo/parse_entry.c. The manipulation leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. Upgrading to version 6.5-20250329 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/NEWS.html#index-t20250329 https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2025-03/msg00107.html https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2025-03/msg00109.html https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2025-03/msg00114.html https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.312610 https://vuldb.com/?id.312610 https://vuldb.com/?submit.593000 https://www.gnu.org/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

LOW

Base Severity

3.3

CNNVD-202506-1939 (Published: 2025-06-16)

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