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ncurses — security advisory
There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the fmt_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.
- Products
- ncurses
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.1+20191019-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2019-17595
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 14:28 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the fmt_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2019-17595
ncurses
Fixed versions: 6.1+20191019-1
ncurses
Fixed versions: 6.1+20191019-1
ncurses
Fixed versions: 6.1+20191019-1
Complete source record
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