CVE-2018-19217

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5

Description

** DISPUTED ** 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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2018-19217

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2018-11-12T19:29:00

Last Modified Date
2019-04-18T16:29:00

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-476	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ncurses:6.1:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
6.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
2.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1643753	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19217
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19217

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:43:28				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 14:17:17	2018-11-12T19:29Z	2018-11-12T19:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 14:17:17		2019-04-18T16:29:00	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 14:17:17		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated