CVE-2017-11112
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.31%
Description
In ncurses 6.0, there is an attempted 0xffffffffffffffff access in the append_acs function of tinfo/parse_entry.c. It could lead to a remote denial of service attack if the terminfo library code is used to process untrusted terminfo data.
How to fix CVE-2017-11112
To remediate CVE-2017-11112, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/ncurses—upgrade to 6.0_p20170701-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 6.0+20170701-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-11112 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 6.0_p20170701-r0
- from 0, < 6.0+20170701-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |