Medium severity · published Oct 14, 2019
CVE-2019-17595
There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the fmt_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012
5.4
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the fmt_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.0; 15.1 · source: NVD
NC
Ncurses · Invisible-island
before 6.2 · source: NVD
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.0 before V3.1.5; V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 · source: CISA
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.0 before V3.1.5; V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 · source: CISA
SS
SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17595
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17595
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00059.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00061.html
Exploit
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00013.html
Mailing List
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00045.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-28
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
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