Invisible-Island Ncurses vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-10685 [CRITICAL] CWE-134 CVE-2017-10685: In ncurses 6.0, there is a format string vulnerability in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input wi In ncurses 6.0, there is a format string vulnerability in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input will lead to a remote arbitrary code execution attack.

CVE-2017-10684 [CRITICAL] CWE-119 CVE-2017-10684: In ncurses 6.0, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input wi In ncurses 6.0, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input will lead to a remote arbitrary code execution attack.

CVE-2021-39537 [HIGH] CWE-787 CVE-2021-39537: An issue was discovered in ncurses through v6.2-1. _nc_captoinfo in captoinfo.c has a heap-based buf An issue was discovered in ncurses through v6.2-1. _nc_captoinfo in captoinfo.c has a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVE-2025-69720 [HIGH] CWE-121 CVE-2025-69720: The infocmp command-line tool in ncurses before 6.5-20251213 has a stack-based buffer overflow in an The infocmp command-line tool in ncurses before 6.5-20251213 has a stack-based buffer overflow in analyze_string in progs/infocmp.c.

CVE-2023-29491 [HIGH] CWE-787 CVE-2023-29491: ncurses before 6.4 20230408, when used by a setuid application, allows local users to trigger securi ncurses before 6.4 20230408, when used by a setuid application, allows local users to trigger security-relevant memory corruption via malformed data in a terminfo database file that is found in $HOME/.terminfo or reached via the TERMINFO or TERM environment variable.

CVE-2017-13728 [HIGH] CWE-835 CVE-2017-13728: There is an infinite loop in the next_char function in comp_scan.c in ncurses 6.0, related to libtic There is an infinite loop in the next_char function in comp_scan.c in ncurses 6.0, related to libtic. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

CVE-2017-11112 [HIGH] CWE-20 CVE-2017-11112: In ncurses 6.0, there is an attempted 0xffffffffffffffff access in the append_acs function of tinfo/ In ncurses 6.0, there is an attempted 0xffffffffffffffff access in the append_acs function of tinfo/parse_entry.c. It could lead to a remote denial of service attack if the terminfo library code is used to process untrusted terminfo data.

CVE-2017-11113 [HIGH] CWE-476 CVE-2017-11113: In ncurses 6.0, there is a NULL Pointer Dereference in the _nc_parse_entry function of tinfo/parse_e In ncurses 6.0, there is a NULL Pointer Dereference in the _nc_parse_entry function of tinfo/parse_entry.c. It could lead to a remote denial of service attack if the terminfo library code is used to process untrusted terminfo data.

CVE-2017-16879 [HIGH] CWE-787 CVE-2017-16879: Stack-based buffer overflow in the _nc_write_entry function in tinfo/write_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 al Stack-based buffer overflow in the _nc_write_entry function in tinfo/write_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted terminfo file, as demonstrated by tic.

CVE-2020-19190 [MEDIUM] CWE-787 CVE-2020-19190: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in _nc_find_entry in tinfo/comp_hash.c:70 in ncurses 6.1 allows remote Buffer Overflow vulnerability in _nc_find_entry in tinfo/comp_hash.c:70 in ncurses 6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command.

CVE-2020-19189 [MEDIUM] CWE-787 CVE-2020-19189: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in postprocess_terminfo function in tinfo/parse_entry.c:997 in ncurses Buffer Overflow vulnerability in postprocess_terminfo function in tinfo/parse_entry.c:997 in ncurses 6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command.

CVE-2020-19186 [MEDIUM] CWE-787 CVE-2020-19186: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c:66 in ncurses 6.1 allo Buffer Overflow vulnerability in _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c:66 in ncurses 6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command.

CVE-2020-19185 [MEDIUM] CWE-787 CVE-2020-19185: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in one_one_mapping function in progs/dump_entry.c:1373 in ncurses 6.1 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in one_one_mapping function in progs/dump_entry.c:1373 in ncurses 6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command.

CVE-2020-19187 [MEDIUM] CWE-787 CVE-2020-19187: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in fmt_entry function in progs/dump_entry.c:1100 in ncurses 6.1 allows Buffer Overflow vulnerability in fmt_entry function in progs/dump_entry.c:1100 in ncurses 6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command.

CVE-2020-19188 [MEDIUM] CWE-787 CVE-2020-19188: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in fmt_entry function in progs/dump_entry.c:1116 in ncurses 6.1 allows Buffer Overflow vulnerability in fmt_entry function in progs/dump_entry.c:1116 in ncurses 6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command.

CVE-2017-13730 [MEDIUM] CWE-119 CVE-2017-13730: There is an illegal address access in the function _nc_read_entry_source() in progs/tic.c in ncurses There is an illegal address access in the function _nc_read_entry_source() in progs/tic.c in ncurses 6.0 that might lead to a remote denial of service attack.

CVE-2017-13732 [MEDIUM] CWE-119 CVE-2017-13732: There is an illegal address access in the function dump_uses() in progs/dump_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 There is an illegal address access in the function dump_uses() in progs/dump_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 that might lead to a remote denial of service attack.

CVE-2017-13731 [MEDIUM] CWE-119 CVE-2017-13731: There is an illegal address access in the function postprocess_termcap() in parse_entry.c in ncurses There is an illegal address access in the function postprocess_termcap() in parse_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

CVE-2017-13729 [MEDIUM] CWE-119 CVE-2017-13729: There is an illegal address access in the _nc_save_str function in alloc_entry.c in ncurses 6.0. It There is an illegal address access in the _nc_save_str function in alloc_entry.c in ncurses 6.0. It will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

CVE-2017-13733 [MEDIUM] CWE-119 CVE-2017-13733: There is an illegal address access in the fmt_entry function in progs/dump_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 th There is an illegal address access in the fmt_entry function in progs/dump_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 that might lead to a remote denial of service attack.