CVE-2017-16879

Published: 22/11/2017 Updated: 07/11/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 8.6

CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8

VMScore: 606

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Stack-based buffer overflow in the _nc_write_entry function in tinfo/write_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 allows malicious users to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted terminfo file, as demonstrated by tic.

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Several security issues were fixed in ncurses ...

Debian Bug report logs - #882620 [CVE-2017-16879] ncurses: Stack-based buffer overflow Package: ncurses; Maintainer for ncurses is Craig Small <csmall@debianorg>; Reported by: Luciano Bello <luciano@debianorg> Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 22:12:01 UTC Severity: important Tags: fixed-upstream, jessie, stretch, upstream F ...

Stack-based buffer overflow in the _nc_write_entry function in tinfo/write_entryc in ncurses 60 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted terminfo file, as demonstrated by tic ...

CWE-787 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145045/GNU-ncurses-6.0-tic-Denial-Of-Service.html http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/NEWS.html#t20171125 https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=57695 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E https://nvd.nist.gov https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5477-1

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