A vulnerability has been found in GNU ncurses up to 6.5-20250322 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function postprocess_termcap of the file tinfo/parse_entry.c. The manipulation leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. Upgrading to version 6.5-20250329 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://vuldb.com/?id.312610 | vdb entry technical description |
| https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.312610 | permissions required signature |
| https://vuldb.com/?submit.593000 | third party advisory |
| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2025-03/msg00107.html | related |
| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2025-03/msg00109.html | related |
| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2025-03/msg00114.html | patch |
| https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/NEWS.html#index-t20250329 | related |
| https://www.gnu.org/ | product |