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CVE-2017-16879

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 2.38% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-11-22 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

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

External Security References
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CVE
CVE-2017-16879
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
2.38%

Original NVD Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the _nc_write_entry function in tinfo/write_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted terminfo file, as demonstrated by tic.