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CVE-2025-69720 (GCVE-0-2025-69720)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-19 00:00 – Updated: 2026-06-02 13:00
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The infocmp command-line tool in ncurses before 6.5-20251213 has a stack-based buffer overflow in analyze_string in progs/infocmp.c.
Severity
7.3 (High)
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-03-24 01:05 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
7 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GNU | ncurses |
Affected:
0 , < 6.5-20251213
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ncurses:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| Siemens | RUGGEDCOM RST2428P |
Affected:
0 , < V4.0
(custom)
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CVE-2025-6141 (GCVE-0-2025-6141)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-16 22:00 – Updated: 2026-06-02 12:59
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
GNU ncurses parse_entry.c postprocess_termcap stack-based overflow
Summary
A vulnerability has been found in GNU ncurses up to 6.5-20250322 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function postprocess_termcap of the file tinfo/parse_entry.c. The manipulation leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. Upgrading to version 6.5-20250329 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-06-17 13:51 UTC
Assigner
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| https://vuldb.com/?submit.593000 | third-party-advisory |
| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/20… | related |
| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/20… | related |
| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/20… | patch |
| https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/NEWS.html#in… | related |
| https://www.gnu.org/ | product |
| https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/… | |
| https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/… |
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