{"id":"CVE-2019-17594","title":"There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.","summary":"There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.","severity":"medium","cvss":5.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","cwe":["CWE-125"],"vendor":"invisible-island","product":"ncurses","affected":["ncurses < 6.2","leap = 15.0","leap = 15.1"],"patched":["ncurses 6.2"],"published":"2019-10-14","updated":"2026-07-27","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17594","references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00059.html","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00061.html","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00017.html","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00045.html","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-28","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00059.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00061.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00017.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00045.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-28","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00546,"epssPercentile":0.44656,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-27T14:19:53.750Z","slug":"CVE-2019-17594","body":"## Overview\n\nThere is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `ncurses < 6.2`\n- `leap = 15.0`\n- `leap = 15.1`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `ncurses 6.2`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":29,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":29.2,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}