CVE-2018-19211
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2018-19211 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2018-11-12 19:29:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2019-04-23 13:15:00 UTC |
| Description | In ncurses 6.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference at function _nc_parse_entry in parse_entry.c that will lead to a denial of service attack. The product proceeds to the dereference code path even after a "dubious character `*' in name or alias field" detection. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-476
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1643754 – There is a Segmentation fault on unknown address in function _nc_parse_entry in libncurses. | MISC | bugzilla.redhat.com | Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 671124 EulerOS Security Update for ncurses (EulerOS-SA-2019-2634)