CVE-2020-5254 (NVD)

2020-03-10

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.

Products Nethack
Type Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CWE-119)
First patch - None (likely due to unavailable code)
Links https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/security/advisories/GHSA-2ch6-6r8h-m2p9