CRITICALCVSS 9.8

CVE-2017-10684

CVE-2017-10684 updated by NVD

Modified: 2026-07-25
Sources: nvd

Summary

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.

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10684

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