{"id":"CVE-2021-39537","details":"An issue was discovered in ncurses through v6.2-1. _nc_captoinfo in captoinfo.c has a heap-based buffer overflow.","modified":"2026-03-15T22:41:39.828328Z","published":"2021-09-20T16:15:12.477Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2021:3490-1","SUSE-SU-2021:3491-1","openSUSE-SU-2021:1417-1","openSUSE-SU-2021:3490-1"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213444"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213443"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/43"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/45"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2021-10/msg00023.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230427-0012/"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/pkgsrc/devel/ncurses/patches/patch-ncurses_tinfo_captoinfo.c?rev=1.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2020-08/msg00006.html"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-39537.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"6.2.1"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"10.12.6"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"11.7"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"13.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"v6.2-1."}]}]}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}