CVE-2017-10684

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnu
Status
Ncurses
Vendor
CVE Published:
29 June 2017

Summary

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

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464687
x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b49...
mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

EPSS Score

2% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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