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High · 7.3 Public exploit CVE-2025-69720 EUVD-2025-208879GHSA-9952-mrqj-h4jh

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 Mar 19, 2026 · Updated Jun 2, 2026 · Assigned by mitre

Vendor: GNU Product: ncurses Package: ncurses Package: ncurses Package: ncurses Ecosystem: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
GNU ncurses < 6.5-20251213 6.5-20251213

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 ncurses 6.6+20251231-1 —
Debian 13 ncurses No fix yet —
Debian 12 ncurses No fix yet —

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 25.10 ncurses 6.5+20250216-2ubuntu0.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ncurses 6.4+20240113-1ubuntu2.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS ncurses 6.3-2ubuntu0.2 —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS ncurses 6.2-0ubuntu2.1+esm1 USN-8503-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS ncurses 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm3 USN-8503-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS ncurses 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm6 USN-8503-1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS ncurses 5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm6 USN-8503-1

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 10 ncurses +5 6.4-15.20240127.el10_1 RHSA-2026:5913
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 10.0 EUS ncurses +5 6.4-14.20240127.el10_0.1 RHSA-2026:26357
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 ncurses +7 6.6-1.1.hum1 RHSA-2026:7263

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 10 ncurses-base +1 6.4-15.20240127.el10_1 ALSA-2026:5913

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 10 ncurses 6.4-15.20240127.el10_1 RLSA-2026:5913

SUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 ncurses 6.1-150000.5.33.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1510-1
SLES 12 SP5 ncurses 5.9-91.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1499-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 ncurses 6.5.20250531-160000.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22294-1
SLES 16.0 ncurses 6.5.20250531-160000.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22294-1
SLE Micro 6.2 ncurses 6.5.20250531-160000.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22228-1
SLE Micro 6.1 ncurses 6.4.20240224-slfo.1.1_2.1 SUSE-SU-2026:21261-1
SLE Micro 6.0 ncurses 6.4.20240224-11.1 SUSE-SU-2026:21247-1
SLE Micro 5.5 ncurses 6.1-150000.5.33.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1510-1
SLE Micro 5.4 ncurses 6.1-150000.5.33.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1510-1
SLE Micro 5.3 ncurses 6.1-150000.5.33.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1510-1
SLE Micro 5.2 ncurses 6.1-150000.5.33.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1510-1

openSUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 ncurses 6.5.20250531-160000.3.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:20992-1

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 ncurses 6.4-3 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 10 ncurses +5 6.4-15.20240127.el10_1 ELSA-2026-5913

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 1 repository

  • Cao-Wuhui/CVE-2025-69720 ★ 2 · Dec 11, 2025

    Advisory for CVE-2025-69720: stack-based buffer overflow in GNU ncurses infocmp (CWE-121)

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Advisories 18

References