CVE-2017-16879
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.49%
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the _nc_write_entry function in tinfo/write_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted terminfo file, as demonstrated by tic.
How to fix CVE-2017-16879
To remediate CVE-2017-16879, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/ncurses—upgrade to 6.0_p20171125-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 6.0+20171125-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-16879 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 6.0_p20171125-r0
- from 0, < 6.0+20171125-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |