CVE-2022-29458

low

Published 2025-08-05 · Modified 2025-08-05

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

2.5

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-29458

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: rocky — https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:12876

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-29458.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: redhat — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12876

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
rhel	9	fixed
sles		affected
rocky	9	fixed
debian	bookworm	fixed	`6.3+20220423-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`6.2+20201114-2+deb11u1`
debian	forky	fixed	`6.3+20220423-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`6.3+20220423-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`6.3+20220423-1`

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.