CVE-2017-11113

ncurses: Null pointer dereference vulnerability in _nc_parse_entry function

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · June 24, 2017

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE not specified