HIGHCVSS 7.5

CVE-2017-13728

CVE-2017-13728 updated by NVD

Modified: 2026-07-25
Sources: nvd

Summary

There is an infinite loop in the next_char function in comp_scan.c in ncurses 6.0, related to libtic. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13728

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