CVE-2017-16879
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.49%Published: 11/22/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Stack-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.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/ncursesfrom 0, < 6.0_p20171125-r0
- Debian/ncursesfrom 0, < 6.0+20171125-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |