ALPINE-CVE-2017-11112

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    ALPINE-CVE-2017-11112

    Published: 8 Jul 2017Last Modified: 15 Jun 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-11112

    Summary:

    Details: In ncurses 6.0, there is an attempted 0xffffffffffffffff access in the append_acs function of tinfo/parse_entry.c. It could lead to a remote denial of service attack if the terminfo library code is used to process untrusted terminfo data.

    References: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-11112

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ncurses

    Purl: pkg:apk/alpine/ncurses?arch=source

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.0_p20170701-r0

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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