CVE-2017-11112
N/A
Published: July 8, 2017 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: July 23, 2026 at 07:31 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNcurses
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
In ncurses 6.0, there is an attempted 0xffffffffffffffff access in the append_acs 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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464686Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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