What is CVE-2025-69720?

CVE-2025-69720 is a security advisory published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) with Critical severity. The infocmp command-line tool in ncurses before 6.5-20251213 has a stack-based buffer overflow in analyze_string in progs/infocmp.c.

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2025-69720 cover?

CVE-2025-69720 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2025-69720. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of CVE-2025-69720?

CVE-2025-69720 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC).

Which products are affected by CVE-2025-69720?

CVE-2025-69720 affects 3 products, including: azl3 ncurses 6.4-2 on Azure Linux 3.0; azl3 ncurses 6.4-3 on Azure Linux 3.0; cbl2 ncurses 6.4-3 on CBL Mariner 2.0.

CVE-2025-69720CriticalCVSS 9.8

The infocmp command-line tool in ncurses before 6.5-20251213 has a stack-based buffer overflow in analyze_string in progs/infocmp.c.

Vendor

Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)

Published

May 31, 2026

Last Modified

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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2025-69720 →

🎯 Affected products3

azl3 ncurses 6.4-2 on Azure Linux 3.0
azl3 ncurses 6.4-3 on Azure Linux 3.0
cbl2 ncurses 6.4-3 on CBL Mariner 2.0

✅ Remediation

KBCBL-Mariner Releases (Security Update) — fixed build 6.4-3 KBCBL-Mariner Releases (Security Update) — fixed build 6.4-4

🔗 References (2)

advisoryhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-69720
referencehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-linux/tutorial-azure-linux-upgrade