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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD3.9 Low

CVE-2020-5254

NetHack hilite_status parsing privilege escalation

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
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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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

NetHack NetHack

  • < 3.6.6affected

References