Vulnerability Details : CVE-2017-13734
There is an illegal address access in the _nc_safe_strcat function in strings.c in ncurses 6.0 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
Vulnerability category: OverflowDenial of service
Products affected by CVE-2017-13734
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ncurses:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-13734
0.06%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 27 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2017-13734
| 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
|
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
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2017-13734
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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-2017-13734
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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=1484291
1484291 – There is an illegal address access in strings.c of libncurses.Exploit;Issue Tracking;Patch;Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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