CVE-2022-29458
ncurses - security update
7.1
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.04%
Description
ncurses 6.3 before patch 20220416 has an out-of-bounds read and segmentation violation in convert_strings in tinfo/read_entry.c in the terminfo library.
How to fix CVE-2022-29458
To remediate CVE-2022-29458, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/ncurses—upgrade to 6.2_p20210109-r1 or later
- Debian/ncurses—upgrade to 6.2+20201114-2+deb11u1 or later
- —upgrade to 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u3 or later
Is CVE-2022-29458 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 6.2_p20210109-r1
- from 0, < 6.2+20201114-2+deb11u1
- from 0, < 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |