CVE-2017-10685

CRITICAL

ncurses 6.0 - Remote Code Execution via Format String in fmt_entry Function

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In 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.

References (2)

Core 2
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=1464692

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0426
EPSS Percentile 89.7%
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-134
Status published
Products (1)
gnu/ncurses 6.0
Published Jun 29, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026