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ALPINE-CVE-2021-39537

ALPINE-CVE-2021-39537 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.800000190734863 HIGH

An issue was discovered in ncurses through v6.2-1. _nc_captoinfo in captoinfo.c has a heap-based buffer overflow.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
8.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.14ncurses0, 6.2, 6.2
Alpine:v3.19ncurses6.1_p20200111-r0, 6.2, 6.2
Alpine:v3.16ncurses5.6-r0, 5.7-r1, 5.7-r2
Alpine:v3.15ncurses0, 5.7-r0, 5.7-r1
Alpine:v3.22ncurses0, 0, 5.7-r0
Alpine:v3.24ncurses0
Alpine:v3.21ncurses0, 0, 5.6-r0
Alpine:v3.17ncurses0, 0, 5.6-r0
Alpine:v3.18ncurses0, 5.6-r0, 5.7-r0
Alpine:v3.23ncurses5.6-r0, 0, 6.2
Alpine:v3.20ncurses0, 6.2, 6.2
Alpine:v3.12ncurses6.0-r6, 0, 6.2
Alpine:v3.13ncurses5.7-r0, 5.6-r0, 0

Timeline

  • Sep 20, 2021 CVE Published
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Jun 15, 2026 CVE Updated
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