VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-11113
It could lead to a remote denial of service attack if the terminfo library code is used to process untrusted terminfo data.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.37%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.37%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In ncurses 6.0, there is a NULL Pointer Dereference in the _nc_parse_entry function of tinfo/parse_entry.c. It could lead to a remote denial of service attack if the terminfo library code is used to process untrusted terminfo data.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.37% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- invisible-island/ncurses
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464691Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464691Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.