DEBIAN-CVE-2025-6141

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-6141
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-6141.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-6141
Upstream
Published
2025-06-16T22:16:41.527Z
Modified
2026-03-17T02:50:39.248115Z
Severity
  • 4.8 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A vulnerability has been found in GNU ncurses up to 6.5-20250322 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function postprocesstermcap of the file tinfo/parseentry.c. The manipulation leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. Upgrading to version 6.5-20250329 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ncurses?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*
6.2+20201114-2
6.2+20201114-2+deb11u1
6.2+20201114-2+deb11u2
6.2+20201114-3
6.2+20201114-4
6.2+20210905-1
6.3-1
6.3-2
6.3+20220423-1
6.3+20220423-2
6.3+20221224-1
6.3+20221224-2
6.4-1
6.4-2
6.4-3
6.4-4
6.4+20230603-1
6.4+20230625-1
6.4+20230625-2
6.4+20231007-1
6.4+20231016-1
6.4+20231118-1
6.4+20231121-1
6.4+20231209-1
6.4+20240113-1
6.4+20240414-1
6.5-1
6.5-2
6.5+20250125-1
6.5+20250125-2
6.5+20250216-1
6.5+20250216-2
6.5+20251115-1
6.5+20251115-2
6.5+20251122-1
6.5+20251123-1
6.6+20251231-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-6141.json"

Debian:12 / ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ncurses?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*
6.4-4
6.4+20230603-1
6.4+20230625-1
6.4+20230625-2
6.4+20231007-1
6.4+20231016-1
6.4+20231118-1
6.4+20231121-1
6.4+20231209-1
6.4+20240113-1
6.4+20240414-1
6.5-1
6.5-2
6.5+20250125-1
6.5+20250125-2
6.5+20250216-1
6.5+20250216-2
6.5+20251115-1
6.5+20251115-2
6.5+20251122-1
6.5+20251123-1
6.6+20251231-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-6141.json"

Debian:13 / ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ncurses?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*
6.5+20250216-2
6.5+20251115-1
6.5+20251115-2
6.5+20251122-1
6.5+20251123-1
6.6+20251231-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-6141.json"

Debian:14 / ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ncurses?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.5+20251115-2

Affected versions

6.*
6.5+20250216-2
6.5+20251115-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-6141.json"