{"id":"CVE-2017-11112","title":"In ncurses 6.0, there is an attempted 0xffffffffffffffff access in the append_acs function of tinfo/parse_entry.c","summary":"In ncurses 6.0, there is an attempted 0xffffffffffffffff access in the append_acs function of tinfo/parse_entry.c. It could lead to a remote denial of service attack if the terminfo library code is used to process untrusted terminfo data.","severity":"high","cvss":7.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-20"],"vendor":"invisible-island","product":"ncurses","affected":["ncurses = 6.0"],"published":"2017-07-08","updated":"2026-07-23","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11112","references":[{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464686","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=1464686","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.02216,"epssPercentile":0.81658,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-23T19:19:12.823Z","slug":"CVE-2017-11112","body":"## Overview\n\nIn ncurses 6.0, there is an attempted 0xffffffffffffffff access in the append_acs function of tinfo/parse_entry.c. It could lead to a remote denial of service attack if the terminfo library code is used to process untrusted terminfo data.\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":"twilight","depthScore":42,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.3,"likelihood":0.4,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}