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CVE-2025-69720

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-69720 details a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the `infocmp` command-line tool, specifically within the `analyze_string` function, affecting `invisible_island ncurses` versions prior to 6.5-20251213. Rated 7.8 HIGH on CVSS, this vulnerability requires local access and user interaction with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion regarding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0, < 6.5-20251213CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ncurses:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20240427:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20240504:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20240511:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.3HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0045 is in the 37th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19855-17084Fixed in: 6.4-3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 21102-17084Fixed in: 6.4-3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18227-17086Fixed in: 6.4-4
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 ncurses 6.4-3 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 6.4-3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 ncurses 6.4-2 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 6.4-3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 ncurses 6.4-3 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 6.4-4

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2026-Mar/CVE-2025-69720Critical

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

Mar 10, 2026

References

cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/html/ssa-253495.html
github.com / Cao-Wuhui/CVE-2025-69720
ExploitThird Party Advisory
invisible-island.net / archives/ncurses/6.5
Release Notes
invisible-island.net / ncurses
Product
marc.info
Issue TrackingMailing ListVendor Advisory
marc.info
Issue TrackingMailing ListVendor Advisory
marc.info
Issue TrackingMailing ListVendor Advisory