DEBIAN-CVE-2025-69720

The infocmp command-line tool in ncurses before 6.5-20251213 has a stack-based buffer overflow in analyzestring in progs/infocmp.c...

CVE-2025-6141

A flaw was found in gnu-ncurses. The postprocesstermcap function in tinfo/parseentry.c is susceptible to a stack-based buffer overflow due to improper bounds checking during termcap entry processing. This flaw allows a local attacker to trigger the overflow via a crafted termcap file, leading to ...

PT-2025-25593 · Gnu +1 · Ncurses +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: GNU ncurses versions up to 6.5-20250322 Description: A stack-based buffer overflow issue has been identified, affecting the postprocess termcap function in the tinfo/parse entry.c file. This issue can be exploited locally. Recommendations: Fo...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-16879

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - Stack-based buffer overflow in the ncwriteentry function in tinfo/writeentry.c in ncurses 6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service application crash or...

Heap overflow

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

CVE-2021-39537

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

CVE-2017-10684

In ncurses 6.0, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in the fmtentry function. A crafted input will lead to a remote arbitrary code execution attack...

CVE-2017-10684

In ncurses 6.0, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in the fmtentry function. A crafted input will lead to a remote arbitrary code execution attack...

ncurses-overflow.txt

OVERVIEW The CRT screen handling library ncurses contains buffer overflows, making programs using it vulnerable. If the programs are setuid or setgid, a local user may elevate their privilege. The problem exists in ncurses versions 4.2 and 5.0, probably earlier, and libocurses. The overflows can ...