Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 19, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-19905
CVE-2019-19905
Description
NetHack 3.6.x before 3.6.4 is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability when reading very long lines from configuration files. This affects systems that have NetHack installed suid/sgid, and shared systems that allow users to upload their own configuration files.
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Affected products
2- NetHack/NetHackdescription
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References
5- bugs.debian.org/947005nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/NetHack/NetHack/commit/f001de79542b8c38b1f8e6d7eaefbbd28ab94b47nvdPatch
- github.com/NetHack/NetHack/commit/f4a840a48f4bcf11757b3d859e9d53cc9d5ef226nvdPatch
- github.com/NetHack/NetHack/security/advisories/GHSA-3cm7-rgh5-9pq5nvdThird Party Advisory
- nethack.org/security/nvdVendor Advisory
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