CVE-2017-13728
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
There is an infinite loop in the next_char function in comp_scan.c in ncurses 6.0, related to libtic. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 6.0+20170827-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 6.0+20170827-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 6.0+20170827-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 6.0+20170827-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 6.0+20170827-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | ncurses | 6.0 | |
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484274
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13728.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-13728
CWEs
CWE-835
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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