Bug 2076483 (CVE-2022-29458) - CVE-2022-29458 ncurses: segfaulting OOB read
Summary: CVE-2022-29458 ncurses: segfaulting OOB read
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2022-29458
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2076484 2078714
Blocks: 2076485
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-04-19 07:44 UTC by Sandipan Roy
Modified: 2025-10-07 07:41 UTC (History)
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2025:12876 0 None None None 2025-08-05 06:16:55 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2025:16414 0 None None None 2025-09-23 01:56:27 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2025:16418 0 None None None 2025-09-23 01:31:23 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2025:17006 0 None None None 2025-09-30 00:23:41 UTC

Description Sandipan Roy 2022-04-19 07:44:10 UTC 
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.

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00016.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00014.html
Comment 1 Sandipan Roy 2022-04-19 07:44:29 UTC 
Created ncurses tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2076484]
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2025-08-05 06:16:53 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2025:12876 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12876
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2025-09-23 01:31:21 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2025:16418 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16418
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2025-09-23 01:56:26 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2025:16414 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16414
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2025-09-30 00:23:40 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2025:17006 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17006
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