CVE-2022-29458

CVSS V2 Medium 5.8 CVSS V3 High 7.1
Description
ncurses 6.3 before patch 20220416 has an out-of-bounds read and segmentation violation in convert_strings in tinfo/read_entry.c in the terminfo library.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2022-29458
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2022-04-18T21:15:07
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-11-08T19:46:05
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-125 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ncurses:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 6.3
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ncurses:6.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 13.0
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 4.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.1
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.2
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00037.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00014.html Exploit Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00016.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29458
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-29458
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:26:06 Added to TrackCVE