PT-2025-45791 · Crates.Io · Ncurses

Published 2025-10-22 · Updated 2025-10-22

OSV

CVSS v4.0

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Multiple string reading functions expose uninitialized memory by setting length to capacity when no null terminator is found.

This allows reading uninitialized memory which may contain sensitive data from previous allocations.

The ncurses-rs repository is archived and unmaintained.

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

GHSA-X77X-7MMH-CXV3

Affected Products

Ncurses

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-x77x-7mmh-cxv3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/RustSec/advisory-db/pull/2427 · Note
• https://github.com/jeaye/ncurses-rs · Note
• https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0108.html · Note