CVE-2017-16879

Summary

CVECVE-2017-16879
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-22 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:40:00 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in the _nc_write_entry function in tinfo/write_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted terminfo file, as demonstrated by tic.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

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
[bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 lists.apache.org
NEWS for NCURSES CONFIRM invisible-island.net Vendor Advisory
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
GNU ncurses 6.0 tic Denial Of Service ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 lists.apache.org
tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x CONFIRM tools.cisco.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296087 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 8.1.5 Missing (CPUAPR2019)
  • 500417 Alpine Linux Security Update for ncurses
  • 504175 Alpine Linux Security Update for ncurses
  • 710281 Gentoo Linux ncurses Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201804-13)
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