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CVE-2017-11113

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jul 08, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
3.3 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
NEGLIGIBLE
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11113
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

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.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
NcursesGnu6.0 (including)6.0 (including)
NcursesUbuntuartful*
NcursesUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
NcursesUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
NcursesUbuntuprecise/esm*
NcursesUbuntutrusty*
NcursesUbuntutrusty/esm*
NcursesUbuntuupstream*
NcursesUbuntuvivid/ubuntu-core*
NcursesUbuntuxenial*
NcursesUbuntuyakkety*
NcursesUbuntuzesty*

Potential Mitigations

References

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