CVE-2025-69720
CVSS Score
7.3
EPSS Score
0.1%
EPSS Percentile
18th
The infocmp command-line tool in ncurses before 6.5-20251213 has a stack-based buffer overflow in analyze_string in progs/infocmp.c.
| CWE | CWE-121 |
| Vendor | gnu |
| Product | ncurses |
| Published | Mar 19, 2026 |
| Last Updated | Mar 26, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Affected Versions
GNU / ncurses
0 < 6.5-20251213
References
marc.info: https://marc.info/?l=ncurses-bug&m=176539968328570&w=2 marc.info: https://marc.info/?l=ncurses-bug&m=176540731801330&w=2 marc.info: https://marc.info/?l=ncurses-bug&m=176545557728083&w=2 github.com: https://github.com/Cao-Wuhui/CVE-2025-69720 invisible-island.net: https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/6.5/ invisible-island.net: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/