CVE-2020-5209CWE-120
NetHack command line parsing of options starting with -de and -i is subject to a buffer overflow
Medium · published January 28, 2020
What it is
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 allow users to influence command line options. Users should upgrade to NetHack 3.6.5.
The record
Technical detail
- CVSS v3.1
- 5.0 · MEDIUM
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CVSS v4.0
- Not supplied
- EPSS
- 0.00810 · 56.5th percentile
- Weakness
- CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
- Published
- 2020-01-28T17:50Z
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