CVE-2020-5254
NetHack hilite_status parsing privilege escalation
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 3.9 Low
- Published
- Mar 10, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 2, 2020
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 3.9 Low | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
NetHackNetHack |
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References
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