NetHack before version 3.6.0 allowed malicious use of escaping of characters in the configuration file (usually .nethackrc) which could be exploited. This bug is patched in NetHack 3.6.0.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

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Updated: 2024-08-04T08:22:09.098Z

Reserved: 2020-01-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-5253

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-03-10T17:15:12.973

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:33:46.307

Link: CVE-2020-5253

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