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
- Affected products
- Ncurses
- Invisible-island Ncurses
- = 6.1
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUM
- EPSS
- 1.1% (64th percentile)
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- NVD status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-11-12
CVE-2018-19217 at NVD
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