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CVE-2022-29458

Publication date 18 April 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.1 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ncurses 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 6.3-2ubuntu0.1
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 6.2-0ubuntu2.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty

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Notes

mdeslaur

DoS only

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
ncurses

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.1 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H