CVE-2025-69720

Exp

The infocmp command-line tool in ncurses before 6.5-20251213 has a stack-based buffer overflow in analyze_string in progs/infocmp.c.

Published: 2026-03-19 Last update: 2026-06-02 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-69720 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2025-69720

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-69720

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-27 0.06% 0.02% -0.04%
2 2026-03-25 0.02% 0.06% +0.04%
3 2026-03-20 — 0.02% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-69720

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.3 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 1.8 5.5 [email protected]
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-69720

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-69720

GHSA-9952-mrqj-h4jh · Severity: critical — ncurses v6.5 and v6.4 are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in progs/infocmp.c, function...

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-69720

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2025-69720: 1 source package rows (ncurses); 25 state rows across 5 repos (3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 0, open 25. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-69720
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-69720 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ncurses), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 3, resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-69720
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-69720
suse medium CVE-2025-69720 severity moderate: SUSE including 23 source package names (libncurses5-32bit-5.9-91.1, libncurses5-32bit-6.1-150000.5.33.1, …), 62 product×package rows across 10 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3, … (10 product lines)): First Fixed 62. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-69720/
ubuntu low CVE-2025-69720 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ncurses), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 7, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-69720

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-69720

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
invisible-island ncurses <= 6.4 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20240427:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20240504:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20240511:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20240518:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20240519:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20240525:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20240601:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20240608:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20240615:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20240622:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20240629:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20240706:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20240713:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20240720:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20240727:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20240810:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20240817:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20240824:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20240831:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20240914:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20240922:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20240928:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20241006:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20241019:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20241026:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20241102:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20241109:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20241123:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20241130:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20241207:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20241214:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20241221:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20241228:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250104:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250111:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250118:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250125:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250201:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250208:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250215:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250216:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250222:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250301:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250308:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250315:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250322:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250329:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250405:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250412:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250419:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250426:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250503:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250510:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250517:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250524:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250531:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250614:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250621:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250628:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250705:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250712:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250720:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250726:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250802:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250809:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250816:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250823:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250830:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250913:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250920:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20250927:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20251004:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20251010:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20251018:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20251025:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20251101:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20251115:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20251122:*:*:*:*:*:*
invisible-island ncurses 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.5:20251123:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-69720

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