ubuntu-cve-2017-11112
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-07-08 17:29
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details
In ncurses 6.0, there is an attempted 0xffffffffffffffff access in the append_acs 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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
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},
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},
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"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ncurses@6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-infra/xenial"
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"6.0+20151024-2ubuntu1",
"6.0+20151024-2ubuntu2",
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]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "In ncurses 6.0, there is an attempted 0xffffffffffffffff access in the append_acs 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.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11112",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:18Z",
"published": "2017-07-08T17:29:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11112"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5448-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11112"
}
],
"related": [
"USN-5448-1"
],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "negligible",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2017-11112"
]
}
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