CVE-2017-10685
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.99%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-10685
To remediate CVE-2017-10685, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/ncurses—upgrade to 6.0-r7 or later
- Debian/ncurses—upgrade to 6.0+20170701-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-10685 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 6.0-r7
- from 0, < 6.0+20170701-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |