CVE-2017-13728
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.19%Published: 8/29/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
There is an infinite loop in the next_char function in comp_scan.c in ncurses 6.0, related to libtic. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/ncursesfrom 0, < 6.0_p20170701-r0
- Debian/ncursesfrom 0, < 6.0+20170827-1
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 |