In ncurses 6.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference at function _nc_parse_entry in parse_entry.c that will lead to a denial of service attack. The product proceeds to the dereference code path even a…
Medium CVSS 5.5
Summary
In ncurses 6.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference at function _nc_parse_entry in parse_entry.c that will lead to a denial of service attack. The product proceeds to the dereference code path even after a "dubious character `*' in name or alias field" detection.
In-depth triage · Auto channel
No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).
Affected products
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Sources
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1643754 Exploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1643754 Exploit
Timeline
- nvd_ingest NVD