PT-2023-11516

CVE-2020-19190

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Published

2023-08-22

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Updated

2026-10-14

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CVSS 3.1
6.5
Medium
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ncurses version 6.1
Description The issue is a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the nc find entry function in tinfo/comp hash.c at line 70. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted commands.
Recommendations For ncurses version 6.1, this issue was addressed with improved checks, implying an update to a version with these checks would resolve the issue.
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