CVE-2025-6141

CWE-119 — Buffer OverflowCWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow7 documents7 sources
Severity
4.8MEDIUM
EPSS
0.1%
top 78.33%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Ncurses
Timeline
PublishedJun 16
Latest updateJun 17

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:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianncurses< 6.5+20251115-2
▶CVEListV5gnu/ncurses6.5-20250322

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-wfwf-ggr2-rpjf: A vulnerability has been found in GNU ncurses up to 6↗2025-06-17
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CVEList
GNU ncurses parse_entry.c postprocess_termcap stack-based overflow↗2025-06-16
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OSV
CVE-2025-6141: A vulnerability has been found in GNU ncurses up to 6↗2025-06-16
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
gnu-ncurses: ncurses Stack Buffer Overflow↗2025-06-16
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Microsoft
GNU ncurses parse_entry.c postprocess_termcap stack-based overflow↗2025-06-10
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Debian
CVE-2025-6141: ncurses - A vulnerability has been found in GNU ncurses up to 6.5-20250322 and classified ...↗2025
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