CVE-2018-19217

Published: Nov 12, 2018Modified: Jul 23, 2026

6.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

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 (1)

Products: Invisible Island: Ncurses

Invisible Island

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Invisible Island Ncurses	Version 6.1

Related CWEs

NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

References (2)

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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

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

ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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