CVE detail
CVE-2018-19217
In ncurses, possibly a 6.x version, there is a NULL pointer dereference at the function _nc_name_match that will lead to a denial of service attack. NOTE: the original report stated version 6.1, but the issue did not reproduce for that version according to the maintainer or a reliable third-party
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Buzz score components · mention 6.9 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Evidence
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1643753bugzilla.redhat.com
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Exploitbugzilla.redhat.comNov 12, 2018, 7:29 PM
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