CVE-2020-5254

8.1 highEPSS 1.1%

High (8.1) in nethack nethack. EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

8.1 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 66% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-119, CWE-125
Published: 2020-03-10
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19