VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-19211

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.86%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-11-12
Last modified2026-07-23
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

In ncurses 6.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference at function _nc_parse_entry in parse_entry.c that will lead to a denial of service attack. The product proceeds to the dereference code path even after a "dubious character `*' in name or alias field" detection.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references