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CVE-2019-17595 — There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the fmt_entry function in tinfo/comp_h

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.

CVSS

5.8 CISA

EPSS

2.22% (top 17.70%)

CWE

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Published

2019-10-14T21:15:11.427

Last modified

2026-10-14T07:16:49.727

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

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No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00059.html
lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00061.html
lists.gnu.org — https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00013.html
lists.gnu.org — https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00045.html
security.gentoo.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-28
lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00059.html
lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00061.html
lists.gnu.org — https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00013.html
lists.gnu.org — https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00045.html
security.gentoo.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-28

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