CVE-2017-11113

moderate-risk
Published 2017-07-08

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.43% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Gnu

References (4)

Exploit https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464691
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13
Exploit https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464691
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13
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moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal