{"id":"CVE-2017-10685","title":"In ncurses 6.0, there is a format string vulnerability in the fmt_entry function","summary":"In ncurses 6.0, there is a format string vulnerability in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input will lead to a remote arbitrary code execution attack.","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-134"],"vendor":"invisible-island","product":"ncurses","affected":["ncurses = 6.0"],"published":"2017-06-29","updated":"2026-07-23","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10685","references":[{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464692","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464692","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.04008,"epssPercentile":0.90124,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-23T19:19:12.797Z","slug":"CVE-2017-10685","body":"## Overview\n\nIn ncurses 6.0, there is a format string vulnerability in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input will lead to a remote arbitrary code execution attack.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `ncurses = 6.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":55,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":53.9,"likelihood":0.8,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}