CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-50495

MediumCVSS 6.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.04%

63th percentile - higher than 63% of all known CVEs

Summary

NCurse v6.4-20230418 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the component _nc_wrap_entry(). This may cause applications using the library to crash.

Risk Assessment

Terminal applications relying on NCurse may crash, which can be exploited for denial of service. In some scenarios arbitrary code execution may also be possible.

Recommendation

Update NCurse to the latest version containing the fix. Monitor your distribution's security bulletins for the appropriate update.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

NCurse v6.4-20230418 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the component _nc_wrap_entry().

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