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HistoryAug 25, 2021 - 8:58 p.m.

Buffer overflow and format vulnerabilities in ncurses

2021-08-2520:58:29
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osv.dev
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9.7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.003 Low

EPSS

Percentile

65.2%

ncurses exposes functions from the ncurses library which:

  • Pass buffers without length to C functions that may write an arbitrary amount of data, leading to a buffer overflow. (instr, mvwinstr, etc)
  • Passes rust &str to strings expecting C format arguments, allowing hostile input to execute a format string attack, which trivially allows writing arbitrary data to stack memory (functions in the printw family).
CPENameOperatorVersion
ncursesle5.101.0

9.7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.003 Low

EPSS

Percentile

65.2%