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CVE-2019-17595

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-17595 is a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in the fmt_entry function of the ncurses terminfo library, affecting products like GNU ncurses and openSUSE Leap. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.4), it can be triggered remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to limited data confidentiality and availability impacts. 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:gnu: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

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0203 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 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-2019-17595Moderate

ncurses: heap-based buffer overflow in the fmt_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/msg00013.html
ExploitMailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.gnu.org / archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00045.html
Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202101-28
Third Party Advisory