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CVE-2022-29458

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-04-18 · updated 2026-07-27
• Weakness: CWE-125

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.

Affected products

• Apple macOS: before 13.0 — fixed in 13.0
• Debian Linux: 10.0
• GNU ncurses: before 6.3; 6.3 — fixed in 6.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple macOS 13.0; GNU ncurses 6.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00037.html
• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00014.html
• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00016.html
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00037.html
• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00014.html
• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00016.html
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488

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