CVE-2018-19217

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer DereferenceCWE-119 — Buffer Overflow8 documents7 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.4%
top 39.04%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Ncurses
Timeline
PublishedNov 12
Latest updateMay 14

Description

In ncurses, possibly a 6.x version, there is a NULL pointer dereference at the function _nc_name_match that will lead to a denial of service attack. NOTE: the original report stated version 6.1, but the issue did not reproduce for that version according to the maintainer or a reliable third-party

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianncurses< 6.0+20170701-1+3
▶NVDgnu/ncurses6.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-gm6j-8p43-6m5w: ** DISPUTED ** In ncurses, possibly a 6↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2018-19217: In ncurses, possibly a 6↗2018-11-12
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CVEList
CVE-2018-19217: In ncurses, possibly a 6↗2018-11-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
ncurses: Null pointer dereference at function _nc_name_match↗2018-11-12
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Debian
CVE-2018-19217: ncurses - In ncurses, possibly a 6.x version, there is a NULL pointer dereference at the f...↗2018
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-19217 ncurses: Null pointer dereference at function _nc_name_match [fedora-all]↗2018-11-22
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-19217 ncurses: Null pointer dereference at function _nc_name_match↗2018-11-22
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