What is the severity of CVE-2017-13730?

CVE-2017-13730 has a severity rating of medium due to its potential to cause a remote denial of service.

How do I fix CVE-2017-13730?

To fix CVE-2017-13730, upgrade to a patched version of ncurses that addresses this vulnerability.

What systems are affected by CVE-2017-13730?

CVE-2017-13730 affects ncurses version 6.0.

What is the impact of exploiting CVE-2017-13730?

Exploiting CVE-2017-13730 may lead to a denial of service, making the affected system unresponsive.

Is there a workaround for CVE-2017-13730?

Currently, there are no documented workarounds for CVE-2017-13730; updating the software is recommended.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2017-13730

medium

6.5

CWE

119

29/8/2017

5/8/2024

CVE-2017-13730: Buffer Overflow

First published: Tue Aug 29 2017(Updated: )

There is an illegal address access in the function _nc_read_entry_source() in progs/tic.c in ncurses 6.0 that might lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
ncurses	=6.0

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-13730?
CVE-2017-13730 has a severity rating of medium due to its potential to cause a remote denial of service.
How do I fix CVE-2017-13730?
To fix CVE-2017-13730, upgrade to a patched version of ncurses that addresses this vulnerability.
What systems are affected by CVE-2017-13730?
CVE-2017-13730 affects ncurses version 6.0.
What is the impact of exploiting CVE-2017-13730?
Exploiting CVE-2017-13730 may lead to a denial of service, making the affected system unresponsive.
Is there a workaround for CVE-2017-13730?
Currently, there are no documented workarounds for CVE-2017-13730; updating the software is recommended.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-13730?
CVE-2017-13730 has a severity rating of medium due to its potential to cause a remote denial of service.
How do I fix CVE-2017-13730?
To fix CVE-2017-13730, upgrade to a patched version of ncurses that addresses this vulnerability.
What systems are affected by CVE-2017-13730?
CVE-2017-13730 affects ncurses version 6.0.
What is the impact of exploiting CVE-2017-13730?
Exploiting CVE-2017-13730 may lead to a denial of service, making the affected system unresponsive.
Is there a workaround for CVE-2017-13730?
Currently, there are no documented workarounds for CVE-2017-13730; updating the software is recommended.