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CVE-2017-10684

CVSS 9.8 CRITICALEPSS 91%CWE-119

In ncurses 6.0, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input will lead to a remote arbitrary code execution attack.

Published 2017-06-29 · last modified 2026-06-17

details

CISA KEV status: Not in catalog
CVSS v3: 9.8 / CRITICAL
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 91% percentile (score 0.0488)
CWE: CWE-119
OTX pulses: 0 total, 0 recent

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[CyberHub] 📌 CVE-2017-10684 - In ncurses 6.0, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input...Bluesky:@cyberhub.blog · 1d ago

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