Vulnerability Details CVE-2018-19211
In ncurses 6.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference at function _nc_parse_entry in parse_entry.c that will lead to a denial of service attack. The product proceeds to the dereference code path even after a "dubious character `*' in name or alias field" detection.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 30.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.5
CVSS v2 Score 4.3
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