The infocmp command-line tool in ncurses before 6.5-20251213 has a stack-based buffer overflow in analyze_string in progs/infocmp.c.
History

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Invisible-island
Invisible-island ncurses
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Vendors & Products Invisible-island
Invisible-island ncurses

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description ncurses v6.5 and v6.4 are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in progs/infocmp.c, function analyze_string(). The infocmp command-line tool in ncurses before 6.5-20251213 has a stack-based buffer overflow in analyze_string in progs/infocmp.c.
Weaknesses CWE-121
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ncurses:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L'}


Tue, 24 Mar 2026 02:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Sat, 21 Mar 2026 05:30:00 +0000

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Title ncurses: ncurses: Buffer overflow vulnerability may lead to arbitrary code execution.
Weaknesses CWE-120
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gnu
Gnu ncurses
Vendors & Products Gnu
Gnu ncurses

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0000

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Description ncurses v6.5 and v6.4 are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in progs/infocmp.c, function analyze_string().
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-26T15:08:06.834Z

Reserved: 2026-01-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-69720

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-24T01:06:48.727Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-03-19T15:16:21.293

Modified: 2026-03-26T19:35:10.547

Link: CVE-2025-69720

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-03-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-69720 - Bugzilla