Apple macOS ncurses denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple macOS and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component ncurses. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-29458. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Apple macOS (Operating System) (the affected version unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component ncurses. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 10/24/2022 as HT213488 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-29458. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to a denial-of-service or potentially disclose memory contents

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 241454 (CentOS 9 : ncurses-6.2-12.20210508.el9), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

A denial-of-service issue was addressed with improved validation.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (241454), EUVD (EUVD-2022-33796) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1719). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Oracle Linux

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 241454
Nessus Name: CentOS 9 : ncurses-6.2-12.20210508.el9

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Recommended: Upgrade
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04/18/2022 🔍
10/24/2022 +189 days 🔍
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10/25/2022 +1 days 🔍
05/23/2026 +1305 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT213488
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-29458 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-29458
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-212131
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CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-1719 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux (ncurses): Schwachstelle ermöglicht nicht spezifizierten Angriff

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 10/25/2022 08:47
Updated: 05/23/2026 01:31
Changes: 10/25/2022 08:47 (16), 10/25/2022 08:50 (28), 11/23/2022 14:27 (3), 06/09/2025 18:01 (33), 07/08/2025 07:23 (2), 08/05/2025 15:44 (7), 09/04/2025 18:52 (1), 05/23/2026 01:31 (1)
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