| Name | CVE-2017-10685 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | high |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ncurses (PTS) | stretch | 6.0+20161126-1+deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster | 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u2 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 6.2+20201114-2 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 6.2+20201114-4 | fixed | |
| sid | 6.2+20210905-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ncurses | source | jessie | 5.9+20140913-1+deb8u1 | |||
| ncurses | source | stretch | 6.0+20161126-1+deb9u1 | |||
| ncurses | source | (unstable) | 6.0+20170701-1 |
[wheezy] - ncurses <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464692