CVE-2021-39537

Description (CNA)

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

Affected (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2020-08/msg00006.html
• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2021-10/msg00023.html
• http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/pkgsrc/devel/ncurses/patches/patch-ncurses_tinfo_captoinfo.c?rev=1.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213443
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213444
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/43
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/45
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230427-0012/
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.html

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