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CVSS v3.1
N/A
EPSS
0.86%
Published
Nov 12, 2018
Modified
Jul 23, 2026
Public PoC / Exploit (1)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
Description
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (1)
References (2)