CVE-2017-16879 (GCVE-0-2017-16879)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-11-22 22:00
Modified
2024-08-05 20:35
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the _nc_write_entry function in tinfo/write_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted terminfo file, as demonstrated by tic.
References
cve@mitre.org http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/NEWS.html#t20171125 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145045/GNU-ncurses-6.0-tic-Denial-Of-Service.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
cve@mitre.org https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
cve@mitre.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=57695 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/NEWS.html#t20171125 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145045/GNU-ncurses-6.0-tic-Denial-Of-Service.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=57695 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
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