Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-19217 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in GNU Ncurses 6.1
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |