CVE-2017-10685
Published: 29 June 2017
In ncurses 6.0, there is a format string vulnerability in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input will lead to a remote arbitrary code execution attack.
Priority
Negligible
CVSS 3 base score: 9.8
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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ncurses Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(6.0+20170708-1)
|
| Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Not vulnerable
(6.1-1ubuntu1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Not vulnerable
(6.1-1ubuntu1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Not vulnerable
(6.1-1ubuntu1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Needed
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Needed
|
|
| This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of gcc's stack protector in Ubuntu. | ||
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | Red Hat considers this issue as a duplicate of CVE-2017-10684. |