Vulnerability Details : CVE-2017-13733
Potential exploit
There is an illegal address access in the fmt_entry function in progs/dump_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 that might lead to a remote denial of service attack.
Vulnerability category: OverflowDenial of service
Products affected by CVE-2017-13733
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ncurses:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-13733
0.06%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 15 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2017-13733
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4.3
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
8.6
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2.9
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NIST | |
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6.5
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
2.8
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3.6
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2017-13733
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The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2017-13733
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13
ncurses: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201804-13) — Gentoo security
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484290
1484290 – There is an illegal address access in dump_entry.c of libncurses.Exploit;Issue Tracking;Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
[GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 - Pony Mail
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