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CVE-2020-5254

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.

  • Published: Mar 10, 2020
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2020-5254
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 3.9
  • AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.8
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
nethack / nethack 3.6.1 3.6.6