vulnerability
Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2017-16879: ncurses security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Nov 22, 2017 | Jan 19, 2018 | Aug 13, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 22, 2017
Added
Jan 19, 2018
Modified
Aug 13, 2025
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the _nc_write_entry function in tinfo/write_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted terminfo file, as demonstrated by tic.
Solutions
huawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-ncurseshuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-ncurses-basehuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-ncurses-develhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-ncurses-libshuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-ncurses-term
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