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  • Medium 5.5

    NetHack Call command buffer overflow

    NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration game. Starting with version 3.6.2 and prior to version 3.6.7, illegal input to the "C" (call) command can cause a buffer overflow and crash the NetHack process. This vulnerability may be a security issue for syst…

  • Low 3.9
    CVE-2020-5254 Public exploit

    NetHack hilite_status parsing privilege escalation

    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.

  • Low 3.9

    Privilege escalation in NetHack

    NetHack before version 3.6.0 allowed malicious use of escaping of characters in the configuration file (usually .nethackrc) which could be exploited. This bug is patched in NetHack 3.6.0.

  • Medium 5.0

    NetHack AUTOCOMPLETE configuration file option is subject to a buffer overflow

    In NetHack before 3.6.5, an invalid extended command in value for the AUTOCOMPLETE configuration file option can cause a buffer overflow resulting in a crash or remote code execution/privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects systems that have NetHack i…

  • Medium 5.0

    NetHack MENUCOLOR configuration file option is subject to a buffer overflow

    In NetHack before 3.6.5, an extremely long value for the MENUCOLOR configuration file option can cause a buffer overflow resulting in a crash or remote code execution/privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects systems that have NetHack installed suid/sg…

  • Medium 5.0

    NetHack SYMBOL configuration file option is subject to a buffer overflow

    In NetHack before 3.6.5, too long of a value for the SYMBOL configuration file option can cause a buffer overflow resulting in a crash or remote code execution/privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects systems that have NetHack installed suid/sgid and …

  • Medium 5.0

    NetHack error recovery after syntax error in configuration file is subject to a buffer overflow

    In NetHack before 3.6.5, detecting an unknown configuration file option can cause a buffer overflow resulting in a crash or remote code execution/privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects systems that have NetHack installed suid/sgid and shared systems…

  • Medium 5.0

    NetHack command line parsing of options starting with -de and -i is subject to a buffer overflow

    In NetHack before 3.6.5, unknown options starting with -de and -i can cause a buffer overflow resulting in a crash or remote code execution/privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects systems that have NetHack installed suid/sgid and shared systems that …

  • Medium 5.0

    NetHack command line -w option parsing is subject to a buffer overflow

    In NetHack before 3.6.5, an invalid argument to the -w command line option can cause a buffer overflow resulting in a crash or remote code execution/privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects systems that have NetHack installed suid/sgid and shared syst…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2019-19905 Public exploit

    NetHack 3.6.x before 3.6.4 is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability when reading very long lines from configuration …

  • Unscored —

    nethack 3.4.0 and earlier installs certain setgid binaries with insecure permissions, which allows local users to gain …

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2003-0358 Public exploit

    Buffer overflow in (1) nethack 3.4.0 and earlier, and (2) falconseye 1.9.3 and earlier, which is based on nethack, allo…