CVE-2018-19217Medium· 6.5▾ SunlitIn 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 v…
▾ Sunlit zone — Low / medium · no exploitation signal
impact 35.8 · likelihood 0.3 · exploitation 0
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Disclosed via NVD
Last analysed / modified upstream
1.1%
1.1% → 1.3%
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
ncurses = 6.1Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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