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ALPINE-CVE-2017-13731

ALPINE-CVE-2017-13731 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

There is an illegal address access in the function postprocess_termcap() in parse_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0
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:v3.3ncurses5.7-r2, 0, 5.6-r0
Alpine:v3.6ncurses5.9-r2, 6.0-r5, 5.7-r1
Alpine:v3.4ncurses6.0-r2, 0, 5.6-r0
Alpine:v3.5ncurses0, 5.6-r0, 5.7-r0

Timeline

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