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 attack. The product proceeds to the dereference code path even after a "dubious character `*' in name or alias field" detection.

Score

CVSS 3.0 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2018-11-12

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected products

• Ncurses (Invisible-island)

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1643754