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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting ncurses-libs package, versions *

0.0
low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.22% (61st percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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Red Hat
3.3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-NCURSESLIBS-1973625
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 24 Jun 2017
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Introduced: 24 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-11113 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-476 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

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

NVD Description

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

In ncurses 6.0, there is a NULL Pointer Dereference in the _nc_parse_entry 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.