NULL Pointer Dereference in _nc_parse_entry Function Leads to Denial of Service Attack in ncurses 6.1

CVE-2018-19211 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

In ncurses 6.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference at function _nc_parse_entry in parse_entry.c that will lead to a denial of service attack. The product proceeds to the dereference code path even after a "dubious character `*' in name or alias field" detection.

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