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CVE-2018-19217

N/A
Published: November 12, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: July 23, 2026 at 06:58 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNcurses

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1643753

CVSS

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476

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