CVE-2020-5254

LOW

NetHack 3.6.1-3.6.6 - Memory Corruption via hilite_status Option

Title source: llm

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2020-5254. PoCs published by dpmdpm2.

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.

nomisec NO CODE 2 stars

by dpmdpm2 · poc

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

CVSS v3 3.9

EPSS 0.0113

EPSS Percentile 62.4%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

CWE

CWE-119 CWE-125

Status published

Products (1)

nethack/nethack 3.6.1 - 3.6.6

Published Mar 10, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026