Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-39537 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
An issue was discovered in ncurses through v6.2-1. _nc_captoinfo in captoinfo.c has a heap-based buffer overflow.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | Gnu
| 18 |
| OS | 3 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2020-08/msg00006.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2021-10/msg00023.html
- http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/pkgsrc/devel/ncurses/patches/patch-ncurses_tinfo_captoinfo.c?rev=1.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213443
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213444
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/43
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/45
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230427-0012/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.html