CVE-2019-17594
Low
No strong exploitation signal.
CVSS base
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.5%
44.4th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-125
Published 2019-10-14 · modified 2026-07-27
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
| Attack Vector | L | Local |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | L | Low |
| Integrity | L | Low |
| Availability | L | Low |
Timeline
- 2019-10-14 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-07-27 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.
Affected
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00059.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00061.html
- exploit https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00017.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00045.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-28
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00059.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00061.html
- exploit https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00017.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00045.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-28