Vulnerability · Published Aug 22, 2023 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-19188

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in the ncurses package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.9% (higher than 80% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.9%top 19.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in fmt_entry function in progs/dump_entry.c:1116 in ncurses 6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12ncurses6.1+20191019-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-19188
Debian:13ncurses6.1+20191019-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-19188
Debian:14ncurses6.1+20191019-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-19188
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSncurses6.3-2ubuntu0.1UBUNTU-CVE-2020-19188

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References