CVE-2025-69720
7.3 HIGHThe infocmp command-line tool in ncurses before 6.5-20251213 has a stack-based buffer overflow in analyze_string in progs/infocmp.c
Published: 2026-03-19 · Last updated: 2026-06-02
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 7.3 HIGH
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- CWE
- CWE-120, CWE-121
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| invisible-island | ncurses |
Description
The infocmp command-line tool in ncurses before 6.5-20251213 has a stack-based buffer overflow in analyze_string in progs/infocmp.c.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69720
- [Exploit reference]https://github.com/Cao-Wuhui/CVE-2025-69720
- [Other]https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/6.5/
- [Other]https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
- [Vendor advisory]https://marc.info/?l=ncurses-bug&m=176539968328570&w=2
- [Vendor advisory]https://marc.info/?l=ncurses-bug&m=176540731801330&w=2
- [Vendor advisory]https://marc.info/?l=ncurses-bug&m=176545557728083&w=2
- [Other]https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-253495.html
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