UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16879

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16879

    Published: 22 Nov 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-16879
    Aliases:
    USN-5477-1

    Summary:

    Details: Stack-based buffer overflow in the _nc_write_entry function in tinfo/write_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted terminfo file, as demonstrated by tic.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16879, http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/NEWS.html#t20171125, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145045/GNU-ncurses-6.0-tic-Denial-Of-Service.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5477-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16879

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ncurses

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2

    Affected versions

    5.9+20130608-1ubuntu1

    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