CVE-2020-5254

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5254
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-5254.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-5254
Downstream
Related
Published
2020-03-10T17:15:13Z
Modified
2025-07-01T11:39:17.270981Z
Severity
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In NetHack before 3.6.6, some out-of-bound values for the hilite_status option can be exploited. NetHack 3.6.6 resolves this issue.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / nethack

Package

Name
nethack
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nethack?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.6-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / nethack

Package

Name
nethack
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nethack?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.6-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / nethack

Package

Name
nethack
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nethack?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.6-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Git / github.com/nethack/nethack

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/nethack/nethack
Events
Introduced
d4ebae12f1a709d1833cf466dd0c553fb97518d2
Fixed
34c56eece35f42aa99bb5ab1a829bb31b2db3b1a

Affected versions

NetHack-3.*

NetHack-3.6.1_RC01
NetHack-3.6.1_Release
NetHack-3.6.2_Release
NetHack-3.6.2_Released
NetHack-3.6.3.beta1.2019.11.17
NetHack-3.6.3.wip.2019.10.29
NetHack-3.6.3.wip.2019.10.30
NetHack-3.6.3.wip.2019.11.04
NetHack-3.6.3_Released
NetHack-3.6.3_WIP
NetHack-3.6.4_Released
NetHack-3.6.5_PostRelease
NetHack-3.6.5_Released

v3.*

v3.6.3.757eca7
v3.6.3.wip.2019.10.29