Bug 2449037 (CVE-2025-69720)

Summary: CVE-2025-69720 ncurses: ncurses: Buffer overflow vulnerability may lead to arbitrary code execution.
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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A flaw was found in ncurses. This vulnerability, a buffer overflow, exists within the `analyze_string()` function. An attacker could potentially exploit this to execute unauthorized code on the affected system, which might lead to a denial of service in the affected application, the corruption of data, or sensitive information being revealed to an attacker.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-03-19 15:01:52 UTC
ncurses v6.5 and v6.4 are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in progs/infocmp.c, function analyze_string().

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2026-03-26 09:33:57 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:5913 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5913