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
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Reported: 2022-04-19 07:44 UTC by Sandipan Roy
Modified: 2023-08-28 18:49 UTC (History)
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A segmentation fault vulnerability was found in ncurses's convert_strings() function of tinfo/read_entry.c file. This flaw occurs due to corrupted terminfo data, triggering an out-of-bounds read error.
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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]
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