DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19217
- Source
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19217
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19217.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19217
- Upstream
- Published
- 2018-11-12T19:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-09-01T20:03:57Z
- Severity
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- 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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
- References
Affected packages
Debian:12 / ncurses
Package
- Name
- ncurses
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/ncurses?arch=source&distro=bookworm
Debian:13 / ncurses
Package
- Name
- ncurses
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/ncurses?arch=source&distro=trixie
Debian:14 / ncurses
Package
- Name
- ncurses
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/ncurses?arch=source&distro=forky