CVE-2017-11113
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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.
Metrics
- EPSS — exploit probability
- 2% (percentile: 84) as of 2 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-476
Affected products
invisible-island: ncurses
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464691 ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464691 ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13 Third Party Advisory