ALPINE-CVE-2017-13728 — Vulnetix

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ALPINE-CVE-2017-13728 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

There is an infinite loop in the next_char function in comp_scan.c in ncurses 6.0, related to libtic. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

7.5

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

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Alpine:v3.4	ncurses	6.0-r8, 6.0-r2, 6.0-r3
Alpine:v3.3	ncurses	5.6-r0, 5.7-r0, 5.7-r2
Alpine:v3.5	ncurses	6.0-r7, 0, 5.6-r0
Alpine:v3.6	ncurses	5.6-r0, 5.7-r1, 5.7-r3

Timeline

Aug 29, 2017 CVE Published
Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-13728 advisory

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