CVE-2020-5254 (GCVE-0-2020-5254)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-03-10 16:45
Modified
2024-08-04 08:22
CWE
Summary
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
NetHack NetHack Version: < 3.6.6
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