fkie_cve-2017-16879
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2017-11-22 22:29
Modified
2024-11-21 03:17
Severity ?
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
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