CVE-2019-17595 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2019-17595
Vulnerability Scoring

5.4
/10
Significant Risk

Security assessments indicate that CVE-2019-17595 presents a notable risk, potentially requiring prompt mitigation.

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: Low
    Exploits can be performed without significant complexity or special conditions.
  • Attack Vector: Network
    Vulnerability is exploitable over a network without physical access.
  • Privileges Required: None
    No privileges are required for exploitation.
  • Scope: Unchanged
    Exploit remains within the originally vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: Required
    User interaction is necessary for successful exploitation.

CVE-2019-17595 Details

Status: Modified

Last updated: 🕜 27 Jul 2026, 13:43 UTC
Originally published on: 🕘 14 Oct 2019, 21:15 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 2477 days

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

nvd@nist.gov

CVSS3 Type

Primary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

CVE-2019-17595 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2019-17595: There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the fmt_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2019-17595

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2019-17595 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2019-17595

With low attack complexity and no required privileges, CVE-2019-17595 is an easy target for cybercriminals. Organizations should prioritize immediate mitigation measures to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2019-17595, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2019-17595, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: Low
    CVE-2019-17595 could lead to minor leaks of non-critical information without major privacy breaches.
  • Integrity: None
    CVE-2019-17595 poses no threat to data integrity.
  • Availability: Low
    CVE-2019-17595 may slightly degrade system performance without fully affecting service availability.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

The EPSS score estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the near future.

EPSS Score: 0.326% (probability of exploit)

EPSS Percentile: 71.07% (lower percentile = lower relative risk)
This vulnerability is less risky than approximately 28.930000000000007% of others.

CVE-2019-17595 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

CAPEC Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification

  • Overread Buffers CAPEC-540 An adversary attacks a target by providing input that causes an application to read beyond the boundary of a defined buffer. This typically occurs when a value influencing where to start or stop reading is set to reflect positions outside of the valid memory location of the buffer. This type of attack may result in exposure of sensitive information, a system crash, or arbitrary code execution.

Vulnerable Configurations

  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.2.:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.2.:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.9:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.9:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.9:20111224:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.9:20111224:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.9:20120616:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.9:20120616:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.9:20130504:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.9:20130504:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.9:20140308:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.9:20140308:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.9:20141206:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.9:20141206:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.0:20160423:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.0:20160423:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.0:20160910:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.0:20160910:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.0:20170930:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.0:20170930:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.0:20180106:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.0:20180106:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.0:20180120:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.0:20180120:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.0:20180121:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.0:20180121:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20180414:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20180414:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20181020:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20181020:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190601:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190601:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190609:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190609:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190615:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190615:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190623:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190623:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190630:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190630:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190706:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190706:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190713:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190713:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190720:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190720:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190727:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190727:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190728:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190728:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190803:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190803:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190810:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190810:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190817:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190817:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190824:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190824:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190831:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190831:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190907:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190907:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190914:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190914:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190921:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190921:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190928:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20190928:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191005:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191005:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191012:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191012:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191015:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191015:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191019:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191019:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191026:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191026:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191102:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191102:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191109:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191109:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191116:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191116:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191123:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191123:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191130:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191130:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191207:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191207:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191214:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191214:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191221:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191221:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191228:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20191228:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20200104:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20200104:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20200111:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20200111:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20200118:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1:20200118:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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