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ALPINE-CVE-2017-13729

ALPINE-CVE-2017-13729 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

There is an illegal address access in the _nc_save_str function in alloc_entry.c in ncurses 6.0. It will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.5ncurses0, 0, 6.0-r8
Alpine:v3.6ncurses6.0-r7, 5.6-r0, 5.7-r0
Alpine:v3.4ncurses0, 5.9-r2, 5.9-r1
Alpine:v3.3ncurses5.7-r0, 5.7-r1, 5.7-r3

Timeline

  • Aug 29, 2017 CVE Published
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Jun 15, 2026 CVE Updated
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