CVE-2025-69720

7.3 HIGH

Published: March 19, 2026 Modified: March 26, 2026

Description

The infocmp command-line tool in ncurses before 6.5-20251213 has a stack-based buffer overflow in analyze_string in progs/infocmp.c.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/Cao-Wuhui/CVE-2025-69720

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/6.5/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Release Notes

https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Product

https://marc.info/?l=ncurses-bug&m=176539968328570&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Mailing List Vendor Advisory

https://marc.info/?l=ncurses-bug&m=176540731801330&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Mailing List Vendor Advisory

https://marc.info/?l=ncurses-bug&m=176545557728083&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Mailing List Vendor Advisory

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

7.3 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.0%

6th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-121 CWE-120

Affected Vendors

invisible-island

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