Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2022-29458 (CCN-224673)

Assigned:2022-04-16
Published:2022-04-16
Updated:2022-11-08
Summary:ncurses 6.3 before patch 20220416 has an out-of-bounds read and segmentation violation in convert_strings in tinfo/read_entry.c in the terminfo library.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.1 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H)
6.3 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
6.8 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L)
6.0 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
5.6 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-125
Vulnerability Consequences:Bypass Security
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2022-29458

Source: FULLDISC
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
20221030 APPLE-SA-2022-10-27-5 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2022-10-24-2 macOS Ventura 13

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
ncurses-cve202229458-sec-bypass(224673)

Source: CCN
Type: Invisible Island Web site
GNU ncurses

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[debian-lts-announce] 20221029 [SECURITY] [DLA 3167-1] ncurses security update

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00014.html

Source: CCN
Type: GNU Mailing List, Sat, 16 Apr 2022 19:35:09 -0400
Re: An illegal memory access in ncurses, tic

Source: MISC
Type: Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00016.html

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:gnu:ncurses:6.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:gnu:ncurses:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 6.3)

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 13.0)

    • Configuration 3:
  • cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:8042
    P
    		ncurses-devel-32bit-6.1-150000.5.15.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2023-06-20
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:8083
    P
    		libncurses5-32bit-6.1-150000.5.15.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2023-06-12
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:7622
    P
    		libncurses6-32bit-6.1-150000.5.15.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2023-06-12
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:686
    P
    		Security update for ncurses (Moderate)
    2022-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:5321
    P
    		Security update for ncurses (Moderate)
    2022-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:6134
    P
    		Security update for ncurses (Moderate)
    2022-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95334
    P
    		Security update for ncurses (Moderate) (in QA)
    2022-07-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:43648
    P
    		Security update for ncurses (Moderate) (in QA)
    2022-07-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:42321
    P
    		Security update for ncurses (Moderate) (in QA)
    2022-07-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95349
    P
    		Security update for ncurses (Moderate) (in QA)
    2022-07-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3641
    P
    		Security update for ncurses (Moderate) (in QA)
    2022-07-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:42417
    P
    		Security update for ncurses (Moderate) (in QA)
    2022-07-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3704
    P
    		Security update for ncurses (Moderate) (in QA)
    2022-07-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95271
    P
    		Security update for ncurses (Moderate) (in QA)
    2022-07-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3719
    P
    		Security update for ncurses (Moderate) (in QA)
    2022-07-18
    BACK
    gnu ncurses 6.3 -
    gnu ncurses *
    apple macos *
    debian debian linux 10.0