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CVE-2019-17594

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-17594 is a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in the terminfo library's _nc_find_entry function, affecting ncurses versions prior to 6.1-20191012, including GNU ncurses and openSUSE ncurses. With a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), this vulnerability requires local access and low privileges, with no user interaction, potentially leading to low impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
42.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0054 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: ncurses-0:6.1-9.20180224.el8
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ncurses

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-17594Moderate

ncurses: heap-based buffer overflow in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c

Oct 11, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00059.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00061.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.gnu.org / archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00017.html
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.gnu.org / archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00045.html
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202101-28
Third Party Advisory