CVE-2017-13734

ncurses: Illegal address access in the function _nc_safe_strcat

Published Aug 29, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 2.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
There is an illegal address access in the _nc_safe_strcat function in strings.c in ncurses 6.0 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-5251 There is an illegal address access in the _nc_safe_strcat function in strings.c in ncurses 6.0 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5448-1 ncurses vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 7:05 PM
Reserved
Aug 29, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 29, 2017, 6:29 AM
Modified
Jul 23, 2026, 6:58 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Aug 23, 2017, 12:00 AM