Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-39537

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

Vulnerability category: OverflowMemory Corruption

Published 2021-09-20 16:15:12

Updated 2023-04-27 15:15:09

Source MITRE

View at NVD, CVE.org

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-39537

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.71%

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 78 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Source
6.8	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	8.6	6.4	[email protected]
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Medium Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: Partial Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: Partial
8.8	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	2.8	5.9	[email protected]
Attack Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: None User Interaction: Required Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: High Integrity: High Availability: High

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Assigned by: [email protected] (Primary)

Apple » Mac Os X » Version: 10.12.6
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Apple » Macos » Version: 13.0
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Apple » Macos » Version: 11.7
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GNU » Ncurses
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