6.5med
CVE-2017-13734
There is an illegal address access in the _nc_safe_strcat function in strings.c in ncurses 6.0 that will lead to a remote denial of service…
Published 9 y ago · modified 3 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
6.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.1%
percentile 82%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
There is an illegal address access in the _nc_safe_strcat function in strings.c in ncurses 6.0 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
2.15% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
References
- security.gentoo.org /glsa/201804-13 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
- bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1484291 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-13734
- NVD: CVE-2017-13734
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