What is CVE-2017-11112?

CVE-2017-11112 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnu Ncurses, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-07-08.

How severe is CVE-2017-11112?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-11112 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Improper input validation in Gnu Ncurses

CVE-2017-11112

In ncurses 6.0, there is an attempted 0xffffffffffffffff access in the append_acs function of tinfo/parse_entry.c. It could lead to a remote denial of service attack if the terminfo library code is used to process untrusted terminfo data.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.003 (54.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Gnu Ncurses — versions 6.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

yfoelling/yair

References

cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11112?: CVE-2017-11112 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnu Ncurses, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-07-08.
How severe is CVE-2017-11112?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-11112 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.