{
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "id": "GHSA-r8vx-h3vx-6wh2",
  "modified": "2025-04-20T03:49:05Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:09:01Z",
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-16879"
  ],
  "details": "Stack-based buffer overflow in the _nc_write_entry function in tinfo/write_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted terminfo file, as demonstrated by tic.",
  "severity": [
    {
      "type": "CVSS_V3",
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
    }
  ],
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16879"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E"
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=57695"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/NEWS.html#t20171125"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145045/GNU-ncurses-6.0-tic-Denial-Of-Service.html"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-787"
    ],
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-11-22T22:29:00Z"
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}