CVE-2019-17594

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-17594
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-10-14 21:15:11 UTC
Updated2026-07-27 13:43:06 UTC
DescriptionThere is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.005410000 probability, percentile 0.423280000 (date 2026-07-29)

Problem Types: CWE-125 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
2.0[email protected]Primary4.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Invisible-island Ncurses All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug: heap-buffer-overflow in function _nc_find_entry af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnu.org Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
ANN: ncurses-6.1-20191012 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnu.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2550-1: moderate: Security update f af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2551-1: moderate: Security update f af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
ncurses: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202101-28) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159513 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for ncurses (ELSA-2021-4426)
  • 199358 Ubuntu Security Notification for ncurses Vulnerabilities (USN-6099-1)
  • 239844 Red Hat Update for ncurses (RHSA-2021:4426)
  • 296078 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 16.4.0 Missing (CPUOCT2019)
  • 591406 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU GNU/Linux subsystem Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSB-439005, ICSA-22-104-13)
  • 671124 EulerOS Security Update for ncurses (EulerOS-SA-2019-2634)
  • 940026 AlmaLinux Security Update for ncurses (ALSA-2021:4426)
  • 960306 Rocky Linux Security Update for ncurses (RLSA-2021:4426)

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