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CVE-2025-69720
Component Overview
Vulnerability Overview
Name
CVE-2025-69720
Source
NVD (
link
)
Debian (
link
)
Description
The infocmp command-line tool in ncurses before 6.5-20251213 has a stack-based buffer overflow in analyze_string in progs/infocmp.c.
CWEs
CWE-121
CWE-120
Published Date
Mar 19, 2026
Updated Date
Jun 17, 2026
Workaround
-
Advisories
https://github.com/Cao-Wuhui/CVE-2025-69720
Exploit
https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/6.5/
Release Notes
https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Product
https://marc.info/?l=ncurses-bug&m=176539968328570&w=2
Issue Tracking
https://marc.info/?l=ncurses-bug&m=176540731801330&w=2
Issue Tracking
https://marc.info/?l=ncurses-bug&m=176545557728083&w=2
Issue Tracking
Analysis
#
Affected Component
Analysis
ncurses
Exploitable
Vulnerability Ratings
#
7.3
CVSSv31
7.8
CVSSv31
9.8
CVSSv31
NaN
other
Others affected components
#
Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
ncurses
buildroot
2025.02.x
6.4-20230603
Not Affected
ncurses
buildroot
master
6.6-20251231
Not Affected
ncurses
openwrt
master
6.6.20260801-r1
Not Affected
ncurses
yocto
kirkstone
6.3+20220423
Exploitable
ncurses
yocto
master
6.6
Not Affected
ncurses
yocto
scarthgap
6.4
Exploitable