Is ncurses affected by GHSA-x77x-7mmh-cxv3?

crates.io ncurses is affected in <=6.0.1.

Is GHSA-x77x-7mmh-cxv3 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is not available.

medium

GHSA-x77x-7mmh-cxv3

Q: Is GHSA-x77x-7mmh-cxv3 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is not available.

crates.io · ncurses

Summary

ncurses exposes uninitialized memory in string reading functions

Severity: medium
Also known as: RUSTSEC-2025-0108
Published: 2025-10-22

References

https://github.com/RustSec/advisory-db/pull/2427
https://github.com/jeaye/ncurses-rs
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0108.html

Related advisories

CVE-2019-15547 — high · crates.io/ncurses

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