CVE-2018-19211

ncurses: Null pointer dereference at function _nc_parse_entry in parse_entry.c

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.7

CVSS 3.0

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Published · October 28, 2018

Updated · July 24, 2026

Description

A vulnerability was found in GNU ncurses due to a NULL pointer dereference in the _nc_parse_entry function within parse_entry.c, where an attacker could exploit this flaw by persuading a victim to open a specially crafted file, leading to a crash and causing a denial of service condition.

Statement

This vulnerability was rated as LOW severity because it requires the victim to open a specially crafted file. While it doesn’t allow full system compromise, it can cause the application to crash temporarily.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 4.7
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer