CVE-2017-10684

2017-06-2900:00:00

ubuntu.com

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

7.5 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.022 Low

EPSS

Percentile

89.4%

JSON

In ncurses 6.0, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in the fmt_entry
function. A crafted input will lead to a remote arbitrary code execution
attack.

Bugs

<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464687>

Notes

Author	Note
ccdm94	fix availabe in patch 20170701 for ncurses 6.0.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu14.04noarchncurses< 5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-onlyUNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchncurses< 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-onlyUNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	ncurses	< 5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	ncurses	< 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only	UNKNOWN