CVE-2017-11113
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.43%
Description
In ncurses 6.0, there is a NULL Pointer Dereference in the _nc_parse_entry function of tinfo/parse_entry.c. It could lead to a remote denial of service attack if the terminfo library code is used to process untrusted terminfo data.
How to fix CVE-2017-11113
To remediate CVE-2017-11113, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/ncurses—upgrade to 6.0_p20170701-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 6.0+20170701-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-11113 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 6.0_p20170701-r0
- from 0, < 6.0+20170701-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |