CVE-2017-10685

Published: Jun 29, 2017Modified: Jul 23, 2026

9.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Invisible Island: Ncurses

Invisible Island

1 product

Ncurses

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Invisible Island Ncurses	Version 6.0

Related CWEs

CWE-134

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.

References (4)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464692

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464692

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue Tracking

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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