NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerability in ncurses

CVE-2018-19217 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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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