PT-2017-11437 · Ncurses+2 · Ncurses+2

Published 2017-06-29 · Updated 2022-05-26 · CVE-2017-10685

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ncurses version 6.0

Description The issue is related to a format string vulnerability in the fmt entry function. This vulnerability can be exploited with a crafted input, potentially leading to a remote arbitrary code execution attack.

Recommendations For ncurses version 6.0, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-134

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-10685

MGASA-2018-0001

MGASA-2018-0002

OPENSUSE-SU-2017_1882-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1790-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1815-1

SUSE-SU-2017:2075-1

SUSE-SU-2017:2076-1

SUSE-SU-2017:2699-1

SUSE-SU-2017:2700-1

USN-5448-1

Affected Products

Suse

Ubuntu

Ncurses

References · 72

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-10685 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-13728 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0001 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13734 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-5448-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-13731 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13733 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13728 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10685 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1815-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:2076-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-13730 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:2075-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-13732 · Security Note