CVE-2017-10685
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 0.99%Published: 6/29/2017Modified: 11/19/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2017-10685DEBIAN-CVE-2017-10685
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/ncursesfrom 0, < 6.0-r7
- Debian/ncursesfrom 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 |