CVE-2020-5254CWE-125

NetHack hilite_status parsing privilege escalation

Low · published March 10, 2020

CVSS v3.1
3.9
EPSS
1%
Percentile
66.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
3.9 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01132 · 66.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2020-03-10T16:45Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 MAR 16:45Z
    NetHack hilite_status parsing privilege escalation
    cvelistv5