Ncurses
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First CVE: Oct 14, 2019 · Active for 6 years
6
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 80% of tracked products
1.2
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 55% of tracked products
7.0
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 42% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%
Trends Over Time
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Ncurses over time
Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Oct 14, 2019
6 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Mar 19, 2026
128 days ago
CVE Severity & Scoring
Ncurses6 CVEs
33%
67%
All CVEs352,427 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
MediumHigh
Attack Vector
Local4 (66.7%)
Network2 (33.3%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low6 (100.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
User Interaction
None2 (33.3%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Required4 (66.7%)
Privileges Required
Low2 (33.3%)
High0 (0.0%)
None4 (66.7%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Top CVEs
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (6 CVEs).
6 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2021-39537HIGH An issue was discovered in ncurses through v6.2-1. _nc_captoinfo in captoinfo.c has a heap-based buffer overflow. | Sep 20, 2021 | 8.8 | 29 | NO | NO |
CVE-2022-29458HIGH ncurses 6.3 before patch 20220416 has an out-of-bounds read and segmentation violation in convert_strings in tinfo/read_entry.c in the terminfo library. | Apr 18, 2022 | 7.1 | 27 | NO | NO |
CVE-2025-69720HIGH 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 19, 2026 | 7.8 | 26 | NO | NO |
CVE-2023-29491HIGH ncurses before 6.4 20230408, when used by a setuid application, allows local users to trigger security-relevant memory corruption via malformed data in a terminfo database file tha | Apr 14, 2023 | 7.8 | 26 | NO | NO |
CVE-2019-17595MEDIUM There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the fmt_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012. | Oct 14, 2019 | 5.4 | 21 | NO | NO |
CVE-2019-17594MEDIUM 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. | Oct 14, 2019 | 5.3 | 21 | NO | NO |
Exploit Exposure
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (6 CVEs).
CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Social Chatter
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (6 CVEs).
Media Mentions
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (6 CVEs).
Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Ncurses
Top CWEs
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