Description
An issue was discovered in ncurses through v6.2-1. _nc_captoinfo in captoinfo.c has a heap-based buffer overflow.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected products
- Apple / macOS11.7 – 11.7
- Apple / macOS13.0 – 13.0
- Apple / mac_os_x10.12.6 – 10.12.6
- invisible-island / ncurses6.2.1
References
- MAILING_LISThttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2020-08/msg00006.html
- MAILING_LISThttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2021-10/msg00023.html
- MISChttp://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/pkgsrc/devel/ncurses/patches/patch-ncurses_tinfo_captoinfo.c?rev=1.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213443
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213444
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488
- MAILING_LISThttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
- MAILING_LISThttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
- MAILING_LISThttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/43
- MAILING_LISThttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/45
- MISChttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230427-0012/
- MAILING_LISThttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.html
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