high8.8
CVE-2021-39537
An issue was discovered in ncurses through v6.2-1.
Impact
An issue was discovered in ncurses through v6.2-1. _nc_captoinfo in captoinfo.c has a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Invisible-Island | Ncurses | through 6.2.1 |
| Apple | Mac Os X | Version 10.12.6 |
| Apple | Macos | Versions 11.7, 13.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/pkgsrc/devel/ncurses/patches/patch-ncurses_tinfo_captoinfo.c?rev=1.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/43
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/45
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2020-08/msg00006.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2021-10/msg00023.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230427-0012/
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213443
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213444
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488