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01 Record

CVE-2020-5209

NetHack command line parsing of options starting with -de and -i is subject to a buffer overflow

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score5.0 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

02 Description

NetHack command line parsing of options starting with -de and -i is subject to a buffer overflow

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.81% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 56.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2020-01-28 17:50Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 08:22Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-01-02
Assigning CNA
GitHub_M
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 5.0)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weaknesses
  • CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
34711bb52e10b40aa038b11311816114115c8490c987ca054c9a7f5221b6f02b

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
NetHackNetHack< 3.6.5—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • nethack
    Fixed in 3.6.6-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • nethack
    Fixed in 3.6.6-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • nethack
    Fixed in 3.6.6-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • nethack
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • nethack
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

  • nethack
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.