CVE-2020-5254
NetHack hilite_status parsing privilege escalation
HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: March 10, 2020 at 04:45 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:21 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNetHack
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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/security/advisories/GHSA-2ch6-6r8h-m2p9CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125CWE-119
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