Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting ncurses-static package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.22% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-NCURSESSTATIC-1360709
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed24 Jun 2017

Introduced: 24 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-10684  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 ncurses-static.

NVD Description

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

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.