CVE-2018-19217

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    CVE-2018-19217

    Published: 12 Nov 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In ncurses, possibly a 6.x version, there is a NULL pointer dereference at the function _nc_name_match that will lead to a denial of service attack. NOTE: the original report stated version 6.1, but the issue did not reproduce for that version according to the maintainer or a reliable third-party

    References: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1643753

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 1713400c1c9b80cb7cb9d204acb0525dc592b07d
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    6.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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