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CVE-2017-11113

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-11113 describes a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the _nc_parse_entry function of ncurses 6.0, affecting GNU ncurses. This flaw could enable a remote denial-of-service attack if the terminfo library processes untrusted data. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), it presents a low-complexity attack vector with no user interaction required, leading to high availability impact. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0239 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: ncurses
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ncurses
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ncurses

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-11113Low

ncurses: Null pointer dereference vulnerability in _nc_parse_entry function

Jun 24, 2017

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201804-13
Third Party Advisory