CVE-2017-11113
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.024 · 84 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (2)
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references (10)
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464691cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167274/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-5448-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2022.2596cnnvd
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2022052624cnnvd
- https://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/Patchcnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464691enisa_euvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13enisa_euvd
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