CVE detail
CVE-2017-11113
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.
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Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 10.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Evidence
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2 source links · newest first
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13security.gentoo.org
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Vendor Advisorysecurity.gentoo.orgJul 8, 2017, 5:29 PM - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464691bugzilla.redhat.com
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Exploitbugzilla.redhat.comJul 8, 2017, 5:29 PM
Exploit code
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