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OS X update for ncurses (CVE-2022-29458)

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OS X update for ncurses (CVE-2022-29458)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/18/2022
Created
12/06/2022
Added
11/29/2022
Modified
12/02/2022

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-upgrade-13

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