CVE-2018-19217
Fixed in a distro release EPSS 1%
In ncurses, possibly a 6.x version, there is a NULL pointer dereference at the function _nc_name_match that will lead to a denial of service attack. NOTE: the original report stated version 6.1, but the issue did not reproduce for that version according to the maintainer or a reliable third-party
Products: invisible-island ncurses
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 | ncurses | 6.0+20170701-1 |
| Debian 13 | ncurses | 6.0+20170701-1 |
| Debian 14 | ncurses | 6.0+20170701-1 |
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | ncurses | 5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1 |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | ncurses | 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1 |