CVE-2021-39537

An issue was discovered in ncurses through v6.2-1. _nc_captoinfo in captoinfo.c has a heap-based buffer overflow.
References
Link Resource
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/pkgsrc/devel/ncurses/patches/patch-ncurses_tinfo_captoinfo.c?rev=1.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup Patch Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/43 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/45 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2020-08/msg00006.html Exploit Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2021-10/msg00023.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230427-0012/
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213443 Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213444 Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488 Third Party Advisory
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/pkgsrc/devel/ncurses/patches/patch-ncurses_tinfo_captoinfo.c?rev=1.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup Patch Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/43 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/45 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2020-08/msg00006.html Exploit Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2021-10/msg00023.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230427-0012/
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213443 Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213444 Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ncurses:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:11.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 06:19

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/pkgsrc/devel/ncurses/patches/patch-ncurses_tinfo_captoinfo.c?rev=1.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup - Patch, Third Party Advisory () http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/pkgsrc/devel/ncurses/patches/patch-ncurses_tinfo_captoinfo.c?rev=1.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/43 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/43 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/45 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/45 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.html - () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.html -
References () https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2020-08/msg00006.html - Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory () https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2020-08/msg00006.html - Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
References () https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2021-10/msg00023.html - Mailing List, Vendor Advisory () https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2021-10/msg00023.html - Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
References () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230427-0012/ - () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230427-0012/ -
References () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213443 - Third Party Advisory () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213443 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213444 - Third Party Advisory () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213444 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488 - Third Party Advisory () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488 - Third Party Advisory

03 Dec 2023, 20:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.html -

Information

Published : 2021-09-20 16:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 06:19


NVD link : CVE-2021-39537

Mitre link : CVE-2021-39537

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-39537


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Products Affected

apple

  • macos
  • mac_os_x

gnu

  • ncurses
CWE
CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write