Homepage
About Snyk

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting ncurses-base package, versions *

0.0
low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.56% (78th percentile)
Expand this section
NVD
7.5 high
Expand this section
Red Hat
3.3 low

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-NCURSESBASE-1974311
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 23 Aug 2017
Report a new vulnerability Found a mistake?

Introduced: 23 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-13728 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-835 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 ncurses-base.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ncurses-base package and not the ncurses-base package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is an infinite loop in the next_char function in comp_scan.c in ncurses 6.0, related to libtic. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.