CVE-2017-10684
CRITICALncurses 6.0 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow in fmt_entry Function
Title source: llmDescription
In ncurses 6.0, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input will lead to a remote arbitrary code execution attack.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464687
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0225
EPSS Percentile
84.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (1)
gnu/ncurses
6.0
Published
Jun 29, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026