UBUNTU-CVE-2023-45918

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-45918
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-45918.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-45918
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-08-05T04:53:37Z
Published
2024-02-16T22:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:54:39Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

ncurses 6.4-20230610 has a NULL pointer dereference in tgetstr in tinfo/lib_termcap.c.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ncurses@5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm5?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.9+20130608-1ubuntu1
5.9+20131221-1ubuntu1
5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1
5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1
5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2
5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3
5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4
5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "priority_reason": "no security impact as terminfo files are trusted"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-45918.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ncurses@6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm5?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.9+20150516-2ubuntu1
6.*
6.0+20151024-2ubuntu1
6.0+20151024-2ubuntu2
6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1
6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1
6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2
6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3
6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4
6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "priority_reason": "no security impact as terminfo files are trusted"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-45918.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ncurses@6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*
6.0+20160625-1ubuntu1
6.0+20171125-1ubuntu1
6.1-1ubuntu1
6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04
6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1
6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1
6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "priority_reason": "no security impact as terminfo files are trusted"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-45918.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ncurses@6.2-0ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*
6.1+20190803-1ubuntu1
6.1+20191019-1ubuntu1
6.2-0ubuntu2
6.2-0ubuntu2.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "priority_reason": "no security impact as terminfo files are trusted"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-45918.json"

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ncurses@6.3-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*
6.2+20201114-2build1
6.2+20201114-2build2
6.3-1
6.3-2
6.3-2ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "priority_reason": "no security impact as terminfo files are trusted"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-45918.json"