NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting ncurses package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-NCURSES-6252546
  • published19 Feb 2024
  • disclosed16 Feb 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Feb 2024

CVE-2023-45918  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for ncurses.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference due to improper handling of certain inputs in the tgetstr function. An attacker can cause a denial of service by exploiting this vulnerability through specially crafted inputs.

CVSS Scores

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