VULNERABILITY

OS X update for ncurses (CVE-2020-19185)

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OS X update for ncurses (CVE-2020-19185)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
08/22/2023
Created
12/13/2023
Added
12/12/2023
Modified
01/28/2025

Description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in one_one_mapping function in progs/dump_entry.c:1373 in ncurses 6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-upgrade-12_7_2
  • apple-osx-upgrade-13_6_3
  • apple-osx-upgrade-14_2

References

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