There is an illegal address access in the _nc_safe_strcat function in strings.c in ncurses 6.0 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
                
            References
                    | Link | Resource | 
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484291 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry | 
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484291 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry | 
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13 | 
Configurations
                    History
                    21 Nov 2024, 03:11
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
|---|---|---|
| References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484291 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
| References | () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13 - | 
Information
                Published : 2017-08-29 06:29
Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37
NVD link : CVE-2017-13734
Mitre link : CVE-2017-13734
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-13734
JSON object : View
Products Affected
                gnu
- ncurses
CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-119
                        
            Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
