Description
In ncurses 6.0, there is a format string vulnerability in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input will lead to a remote arbitrary code execution attack.
Published: 2017-06-29
Score: 0.0 Low
EPSS: 1.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-2332 In ncurses 6.0, there is a format string vulnerability in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input will lead to a remote arbitrary code execution attack.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5448-1 ncurses vulnerabilities
History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00773}

epss

{'score': 0.01466}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T17:41:55.479Z

Reserved: 2017-06-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-10685

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-06-29T23:29:00.253

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-10685

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-06-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-10685 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses