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CVE-2017-10685

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 4.22% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-06-29 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
arbitrary code execution code execution

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CVE
CVE-2017-10685
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.22%

Original NVD 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.

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