Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 18, 2022· Updated Jun 9, 2025
CVE-2022-29458
CVE-2022-29458
Description
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.
Affected products
27- osv-coords26 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/ncursespkg:apk/chainguard/ncurses-devpkg:apk/chainguard/ncurses-docpkg:apk/chainguard/ncurses-staticpkg:apk/chainguard/ncurses-terminfopkg:apk/chainguard/ncurses-terminfo-basepkg:apk/wolfi/ncursespkg:apk/wolfi/ncurses-devpkg:apk/wolfi/ncurses-docpkg:apk/wolfi/ncurses-staticpkg:apk/wolfi/ncurses-terminfopkg:apk/wolfi/ncurses-terminfo-basepkg:rpm/opensuse/ncurses&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/ncurses&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/ncurses&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.1pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Legacy%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Legacy%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5
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Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
6- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28mitremailing-list
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41mitremailing-list
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00037.htmlmitremailing-list
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00014.htmlmitre
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00016.htmlmitre
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213488mitre
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