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CVE-2018-19217

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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

Metrics

EPSS — exploit probability
1% (percentile: 67) as of 2 November 2026
CWE
CWE-476

Affected products

invisible-island: ncurses

References