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CVE-2017-10684 In ncurses 6.0, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input will lead to a remote arbitrary code execution attack.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 EPSS 4.9%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

In ncurses 6.0, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input will lead to a remote arbitrary code execution attack.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
debian/ncurses(Debian:12) < 6.0+20170708-1 6.0+20170708-1
debian/ncurses(Debian:13) < 6.0+20170708-1 6.0+20170708-1
debian/ncurses(Debian:14) < 6.0+20170708-1 6.0+20170708-1
invisible-island ncurses = 6.0 No fix listed
alpine/ncurses(Alpine:v3.10) < 6.0_p20170701-r0 6.0_p20170701-r0
alpine/ncurses(Alpine:v3.11) < 6.0_p20170701-r0 6.0_p20170701-r0
alpine/ncurses(Alpine:v3.12) < 6.0_p20170701-r0 6.0_p20170701-r0
alpine/ncurses(Alpine:v3.13) < 6.0_p20170701-r0 6.0_p20170701-r0
alpine/ncurses(Alpine:v3.14) < 6.0_p20170701-r0 6.0_p20170701-r0
alpine/ncurses(Alpine:v3.15) < 6.0_p20170701-r0 6.0_p20170701-r0
alpine/ncurses(Alpine:v3.16) < 6.0_p20170701-r0 6.0_p20170701-r0
alpine/ncurses(Alpine:v3.17) < 6.0_p20170701-r0 6.0_p20170701-r0
alpine/ncurses(Alpine:v3.18) < 6.0_p20170701-r0 6.0_p20170701-r0
alpine/ncurses(Alpine:v3.19) < 6.0_p20170701-r0 6.0_p20170701-r0
alpine/ncurses(Alpine:v3.20) < 6.0_p20170701-r0 6.0_p20170701-r0
alpine/ncurses(Alpine:v3.21) < 6.0_p20170701-r0 6.0_p20170701-r0
alpine/ncurses(Alpine:v3.22) < 6.0_p20170701-r0 6.0_p20170701-r0
alpine/ncurses(Alpine:v3.23) < 6.0_p20170701-r0 6.0_p20170701-r0
alpine/ncurses(Alpine:v3.24) < 6.0_p20170701-r0 6.0_p20170701-r0
alpine/ncurses(Alpine:v3.3) < 6.0-r7 6.0-r7
alpine/ncurses(Alpine:v3.4) < 6.0-r8 6.0-r8
alpine/ncurses(Alpine:v3.5) < 6.0-r8 6.0-r8
alpine/ncurses(Alpine:v3.6) < 6.0-r8 6.0-r8
alpine/ncurses(Alpine:v3.7) < 6.0_p20170701-r0 6.0_p20170701-r0
alpine/ncurses(Alpine:v3.8) < 6.0_p20170701-r0 6.0_p20170701-r0
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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
alpine/ncurses(Alpine:v3.9) < 6.0_p20170701-r0 6.0_p20170701-r0

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