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CVE-2018-19217
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-11-12T19:29:00.597 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:48:59.840

Summary

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

Affected products

gnu — ncurses

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