CVE-2017-16879

Stack-based buffer overflow in the _nc_write_entry function in tinfo/write_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted terminfo file, as demonstrated by tic.

Date published : 2017-11-22

http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/NEWS.html#t20171125

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