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    CVE-2017-13732

    There is an illegal address access in the function dump_uses() in progs/dump_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 that might lead to a remote denial of service attack.

    Published:Aug 23, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Aug 29, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00307
    CVSS Score:6.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Ncurses

    Exploits

    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484287https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484287

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High