Description
In ncurses 6.0, there is an attempted 0xffffffffffffffff access in the append_acs 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.
Published: 2017-07-08
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-2749 In ncurses 6.0, there is an attempted 0xffffffffffffffff access in the append_acs 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5448-1 ncurses vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T17:57:57.879Z

Reserved: 2017-07-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-11112

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-08T17:29:00.667

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

Link: CVE-2017-11112

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Severity : Low

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

Links: CVE-2017-11112 - Bugzilla

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