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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 9.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade ncurses | Sep 20, 2017 | Jun 29, 2017 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade ncurses-develUpgrade ncurses-c++-libsUpgrade ncurses-staticUpgrade ncurses-debuginfoUpgrade ncurses-baseUpgrade ncurses-libsUpgrade ncurses-termUpgrade ncurses-compat-libsUpgrade ncurses | Apr 27, 2020 | Jun 29, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade ncurses | Jul 30, 2024 | Jun 29, 2017 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade sys-libs/ncurses. | Apr 18, 2018 | Jun 29, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade ncurses-develUpgrade ncursesUpgrade ncurses-baseUpgrade ncurses-libsUpgrade ncurses-term | Dec 4, 2019 | Jun 29, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade ncurses-libsUpgrade ncurses-termUpgrade ncursesUpgrade ncurses-baseUpgrade ncurses-devel | Jun 28, 2018 | Jun 29, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Jun 24, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade tackUpgrade sles12sp1-docker-imageUpgrade ncurses-utilsUpgrade sles12-docker-imageUpgrade ncurses-devel-32bitUpgrade terminfo-baseUpgrade libncurses6-x86Upgrade libncurses6-32bitUpgrade libncurses5-32bitUpgrade terminfoUpgrade sles12sp2-docker-imageUpgrade libncurses5-x86Upgrade ncurses-develUpgrade libncurses6Upgrade libncurses5 | Jul 6, 2017 | Jun 29, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libtinfo5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libx32ncurses5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libx32tinfo5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade lib32tinfo5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade ncurses-base (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade lib64ncurses5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade lib32ncursesw5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libncursesw5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade ncurses-term (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libx32ncursesw5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade ncurses-bin (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libncurses5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade lib64tinfo5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade lib32ncurses5 (Ubuntu Pro) | May 27, 2022 | Jun 29, 2017 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Jun 29, 2017 |
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