CVE-2017-10685

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    CVE-2017-10685

    Published: 29 Jun 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In ncurses 6.0, there is a format string vulnerability in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input will lead to a remote arbitrary code execution attack.

    References: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464692

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- ed3eb506e9a8e6ea871a2eb5818e19ba36f3f277
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    6.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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