CVE-2019-17595

ncurses: heap-based buffer overflow in the fmt_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.4

CVSS 3.1

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Published · October 11, 2019

Updated · July 27, 2026

Description

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the fmt_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

CWE-170 · Improper Null Termination