CVE-2018-19211

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer DereferenceCWE-119 — Buffer Overflow10 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.3%
top 48.75%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Ncurses
Timeline
PublishedNov 12
Latest updateJun 14

Description

In ncurses 6.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference at function _nc_parse_entry in parse_entry.c that will lead to a denial of service attack. The product proceeds to the dereference code path even after a "dubious character `*' in name or alias field" detection.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianncurses< 6.1+20180210-3+3
▶NVDgnu/ncurses6.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
ncurses vulnerabilities↗2022-06-14
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GHSA
GHSA-g37h-6hrw-v99v: In ncurses 6↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2018-19211: In ncurses 6↗2018-11-12
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OSV
CVE-2018-19211: In ncurses 6↗2018-11-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
ncurses vulnerabilities↗2022-06-14
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Red Hat
ncurses: Null pointer dereference at function _nc_parse_entry in parse_entry.c↗2018-10-28
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Debian
CVE-2018-19211: ncurses - In ncurses 6.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference at function _nc_parse_entry ...↗2018
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-19211 ncurses: Null pointer dereference at function _nc_parse_entry in parse_entry.c [fedora-all]↗2018-11-22
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-19211 ncurses: Null pointer dereference at function _nc_parse_entry in parse_entry.c↗2018-11-22
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CVE-2018-19211 (MEDIUM CVSS 5.5) | In ncurses 6.1 | cvebase.io