Out-of-Bounds Affecting ncurses-libs package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-NCURSESLIBS-1977500
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed23 Aug 2017

Introduced: 23 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-13733  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 ncurses-libs.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ncurses-libs package and not the ncurses-libs package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is an illegal address access in the fmt_entry function in progs/dump_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 that might lead to a remote denial of service attack.