CVE-2021-39537 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2021-39537

An issue was discovered in ncurses through v6.2-1. _nc_captoinfo in...

Vulnerability Description

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

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

ncurses, mac os x, macos
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 10.12.6, 11.7, 13.0

Timeline

Official Publish: September 20th, 2021
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.