5.5med
CVE-2018-19211
In ncurses 6.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference at function _nc_parse_entry in parse_entry.c that will lead to a denial of service atta…
Published 7 y ago · modified 3 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
5.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.9%
percentile 59%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
In ncurses 6.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference at function _nc_parse_entry in parse_entry.c that will lead to a denial of service attack. The product proceeds to the dereference code path even after a "dubious character `*' in name or alias field" detection.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.86% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1643754 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-19211
- NVD: CVE-2018-19211
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