CVE-2020-5214

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5214
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-5214.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-5214
Aliases
  • GHSA-p8fw-rq89-xqx6
Downstream
Published
2020-01-28T18:15:11.480Z
Modified
2026-07-09T02:48:59.769496Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In NetHack before 3.6.5, detecting an unknown configuration file option can cause a buffer overflow resulting in a crash or remote code execution/privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects systems that have NetHack installed suid/sgid and shared systems that allow users to upload their own configuration files. Users should upgrade to NetHack 3.6.5.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/nethack/nethack

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/nethack/nethack
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
514682730773318f68d5b28b0428cfe333f92fe0
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:nethack:nethack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_RANGE",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "3.6.5"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
MOVE2GIT
NetHack-3.*
NetHack-3.6.0_RC01
NetHack-3.6.0_RC02
NetHack-3.6.0_RC03
NetHack-3.6.0_RC04
NetHack-3.6.0_RC05
NetHack-3.6.0_Release
NetHack-3.6.1_RC01
NetHack-3.6.1_Release
NetHack-3.6.2_Release
NetHack-3.6.2_Released
NetHack-3.6.3.beta1.2019.11.17
NetHack-3.6.3.wip.2019.10.29
NetHack-3.6.3.wip.2019.10.30
NetHack-3.6.3_Released
NetHack-3.6.3_WIP
NetHack-3.6.4_Released
v3.*
v3.6.3.757eca7
v3.6.3.wip.2019.10.29

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-5214.json"