CVE-2018-19211

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

En ncurses versión 6.1, hay una desreferencia de puntero NULL en la función _nc_parse_entry del archivo parse_entry.c que conducirá a un ataque de denegación de servicio (DoS). El producto procede al path del código de desreferencia incluso después de la detección de un "carácter dudoso `*' en el campo name o alias".

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-11-12 CVE Reserved
2018-11-12 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1643754	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Ncurses Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Ncurses"				6.1 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Ncurses" and version "6.1"		-		Affected