vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-39537): ncurses vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Sep 20, 2021 | Mar 22, 2023 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 20, 2021
Added
Mar 22, 2023
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
Description
An issue was discovered in ncurses through v6.2-1. _nc_captoinfo in captoinfo.c has a heap-based buffer overflow.
Solutions
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libncurses5ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libtinfo5ubuntu-pro-upgrade-ncurses-binubuntu-upgrade-lib32ncurses5ubuntu-upgrade-lib32ncurses6ubuntu-upgrade-lib32ncursesw5ubuntu-upgrade-lib32ncursesw6ubuntu-upgrade-lib32tinfo5ubuntu-upgrade-lib32tinfo6ubuntu-upgrade-lib64ncurses5ubuntu-upgrade-lib64ncurses6ubuntu-upgrade-lib64ncursesw6ubuntu-upgrade-lib64tinfo5ubuntu-upgrade-lib64tinfo6ubuntu-upgrade-libncurses5ubuntu-upgrade-libncurses6ubuntu-upgrade-libncursesw5ubuntu-upgrade-libncursesw6ubuntu-upgrade-libtinfo5ubuntu-upgrade-libtinfo6ubuntu-upgrade-libx32ncurses5ubuntu-upgrade-libx32ncursesw5ubuntu-upgrade-libx32tinfo5ubuntu-upgrade-ncurses-bin
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