Description
NCurse v6.4-20230418 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the component _nc_wrap_entry().
Affected products
invisible-island: ncurse
References10
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2023-04/msg00020.html Mailing ListPatch
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2023-04/msg00029.html Mailing ListPatch
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2023-04/msg00020.html Mailing ListPatch
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2023-04/msg00029.html Mailing ListPatch
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.…
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240119-0008/
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.…
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]…
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240119-0008/
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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6.5
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% percentile: 64 · as of 5 November 2026
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