| Name | CVE-2022-29458 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3167-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1009870 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ncurses (PTS) | bullseye | 6.2+20201114-2+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.4-4 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 6.5+20250216-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| ncurses | source | buster | 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u3 | | DLA-3167-1 | |
| ncurses | source | bullseye | 6.2+20201114-2+deb11u1 | | | |
| ncurses | source | (unstable) | 6.3+20220423-1 | | | 1009870 |
Notes
[stretch] - ncurses <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
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://invisible-island.net/ncurses/NEWS.html#t20220416