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DEBIAN-CVE-2021-39537

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

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Debian:12 ncurses

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.2+20200912-1"}]}]

Debian:13 ncurses

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.2+20200912-1"}]}]

Debian:14 ncurses

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.2+20200912-1"}]}]