| Name | CVE-2025-6141 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1107937 |
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 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 6.4-4 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 6.5+20250216-2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| ncurses | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1107937 |
Notes
[bookworm] - ncurses <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - ncurses <postponed> (Minor issue)
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2025-03/msg00107.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2025-03/msg00109.html
https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/NEWS.html#index-t20250329