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

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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Updated: 2024-08-05T11:30:04.034Z

Reserved: 2018-11-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-19217

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-11-12T19:29:00.597

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:57:35.047

Link: CVE-2018-19217

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-11-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-19217 - Bugzilla

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