CVE-2022-29458
At a glance
- Severity
- HIGH 7.1
- EPSS
- EPSS 1.33 % · percentile 71 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- mitre
- NVD status
- Modified
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.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H | NVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-33796
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2022-29458
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0249 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0218 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0199 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-1057 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0969 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0935 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2022-AVI-947 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Apple · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 6.3cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 13.0cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
References
- 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
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00037.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |