🛡️ AZL-9497 — ncurses

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

CVE-2022-29458 affecting package ncurses for versions less than 6.3-2

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.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability high.

Affected software

AZL-9497 is recorded against 1 package.

  • ncurses (fixed in 6.3-2)

Timeline and source

Published on 18 April 2022 and last revised on 21 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-04-18
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-04-21
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
ncurses — 6.3-2

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