Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-6740.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-6740
Upstream
Published
2021-09-20T16:15:12Z
Modified
2026-04-01T05:21:12.518077Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
CVE-2021-39537 affecting package ncurses for versions less than 6.2-6
Details

An issue was discovered in ncurses through v6.2-1. nccaptoinfo in captoinfo.c has a heap-based buffer overflow.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:2 / ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/ncurses

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.2-6

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-6740.json"