CVE-2017-13728

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

7.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

There is an infinite loop in the next_char function in comp_scan.c in ncurses 6.0, related to libtic. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service 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-835

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

References (8)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484274

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484274

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

ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

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

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

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

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

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

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