CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-13728

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk
3.90%

89th percentile - higher than 89% of all known CVEs

Summary

Infinite loop in the next_char function in comp_scan.c of ncurses 6.0. A crafted input can lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely cause the application using ncurses to hang, leading to service disruption.

Recommendation

Update the ncurses library to a patched version.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS