DEBIAN-CVE-2017-10685

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-10685 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL

In ncurses 6.0, there is a format string vulnerability in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input will lead to a remote arbitrary code execution attack.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

9.800000190734863

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

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:12	ncurses	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	ncurses	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	ncurses	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	ncurses	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Jun 29, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-10685 advisory

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