Out-of-Bounds Affecting ncurses package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
High
User Interaction
Required
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.08% (35th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-NCURSES-1992597
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 12 Nov 2018
Introduced: 12 Nov 2018
CVE-2018-19217 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:7
ncurses
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ncurses
package and not the ncurses
package as distributed by Centos
.
See How to fix?
for Centos:7
relevant fixed versions and status.
In ncurses, possibly a 6.x version, there is a NULL pointer dereference at the function _nc_name_match that will lead to a denial of service attack. NOTE: the original report stated version 6.1, but the issue did not reproduce for that version according to the maintainer or a reliable third-party