CVE-2018-19211

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    CVE-2018-19211

    Published: 12 Nov 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1643754

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 1713400c1c9b80cb7cb9d204acb0525dc592b07d
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    6.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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