CVE-2020-5254

NetHack hilite_status parsing privilege escalation

CVSS 3.9 LOWEPSS 1.1%CWE-125

Vexday Risk Score

8Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 3.9EPSS 1.1%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

10 Mar 2020Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

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.

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

Affected products

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