High severity · published Mar 19, 2026
CVE-2025-69720
The infocmp command-line tool in ncurses before 6.5-20251213 has a stack-based buffer overflow in analyze_string in progs/infocmp.c
7.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NC
ncurses · GNU
before 6.5-20251213 · source: vendor, NVD
RR
RUGGEDCOM RST2428P · Siemens
before V4.0 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69720
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-69720
Exploit
https://github.com/Cao-Wuhui/CVE-2025-69720
Release Notes
https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/6.5/
Product
https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Issue Tracking
https://marc.info/?l=ncurses-bug&m=176539968328570&w=2
Issue Tracking
https://marc.info/?l=ncurses-bug&m=176540731801330&w=2
Issue Tracking
https://marc.info/?l=ncurses-bug&m=176545557728083&w=2