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DEBIAN-CVE-2019-17594
There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
ncurses
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.1+20191019-1"}]}]
Debian:13
ncurses
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.1+20191019-1"}]}]
Debian:14
ncurses
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.1+20191019-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org