CVE-2017-10685

Summary

CVECVE-2017-10685
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-29 23:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionIn ncurses 6.0, there is a format string vulnerability in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input will lead to a remote arbitrary code execution attack.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-134

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Ncurses 6.0 All All All
Application Gnu Ncurses 6.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ncurses: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201804-13) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
1464692 – There was a stack overflow caused by format string vulnerability in fmt_entry function of ncurses tool with latest verison(6.0). Crafted input could lead to arbitrary code execution. MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710281 Gentoo Linux ncurses Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201804-13)
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