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CVE-2021-39537

An issue was discovered in ncurses through v6.2-1. _nc_captoinfo in captoinfo.c has a heap-based buffer overflow.

Published

2021-09-20T16:15:12.477

Last Modified

2024-11-21T06:19:38.517

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 8.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-787

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	ncurses	≤ 6.2.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.12.6	Yes
Operating System	apple	macos	11.7	Yes
Operating System	apple	macos	13.0	Yes

References

http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/pkgsrc/devel/ncurses/patches/patch-ncurses_tinfo_captoinfo.c?rev=1.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/43 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/45 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.html ([email protected])
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2020-08/msg00006.html Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2021-10/msg00023.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230427-0012/ ([email protected])
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213443 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213444 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/pkgsrc/devel/ncurses/patches/patch-ncurses_tinfo_captoinfo.c?rev=1.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/43 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/45 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2020-08/msg00006.html Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2021-10/msg00023.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230427-0012/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213443 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213444 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)