DEBIAN-CVE-2021-39537

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-39537
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-39537.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-39537
Upstream
Published
2021-09-20T16:15:12.477Z
Modified
2025-11-14T03:11:56.864312Z
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
[none]
Details

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

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / ncurses

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.2+20200912-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-39537.json"

Debian:12 / ncurses

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.2+20200912-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-39537.json"

Debian:13 / ncurses

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.2+20200912-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-39537.json"

Debian:14 / ncurses

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.2+20200912-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-39537.json"