Use of Externally-Controlled Format String Affecting ncurses package, versions <6.0+20161126-1+deb9u1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
2.14% (90th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-NCURSES-367742
- published 29 Jun 2017
- disclosed 29 Jun 2017
Introduced: 29 Jun 2017
CVE-2017-10685 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 ncurses to version 6.0+20161126-1+deb9u1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ncurses package and not the ncurses package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
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 Scores
version 3.1