CVE-2017-13729 describes an illegal address access vulnerability within the _nc_save_str function of ncurses 6.0, affecting GNU ncurses. This flaw carries a CVSSv3 score of 6.5 (Medium) and could lead to a remote denial of service (DoS) attack. The attack requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L). Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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