CVE-2017-13728 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484274 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5