CVE-2019-17595

MediumCVSS 5.4

Published: 14/10/2019(UTC)Updated: 27/07/2026(UTC)Translated: 27/07/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk

2.03%

79th percentile - higher than 79% of all known CVEs

A heap-based buffer over-read exists in the terminfo library of ncurses before version 6.1-20191012 in the fmt_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c.

This vulnerability could lead to information disclosure or program crash.

Upgrade ncurses to version 6.1-20191012 or later.

Original NVD description (English source)

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the fmt_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.