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CVE-2020-5254

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Date: March 10, 2020

In NetHack before 3.6.6, some out-of-bound values for the hilite_status option can be exploited. NetHack 3.6.6 resolves this issue.

Language: C

Severity Score

8.1

Related Resources (5)

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-5254

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5254

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-5254

Url: https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/security/advisories/GHSA-2ch6-6r8h-m2p9

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-5254

Severity Score

8.1

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-125

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version NetHack-3.6.6_PostRelease

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.1
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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