CVE-2020-5254

LOW

Nethack < 3.6.6 - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

nomisec NO CODE 2 stars
by dpmdpm2 · poc
https://github.com/dpmdpm2/CVE-2020-5254

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 3.9
EPSS 0.0928
EPSS Percentile 92.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

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