VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-11113

CVSS score7.5 HIGH

EPSS probability2.39%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2017-07-08

Last modified2026-07-23

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory