High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 29, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-13728
CVE-2017-13728
Description
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.
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Affected products
14- osv-coords12 versionspkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3
< 5.9-55.1+ 11 more
- (no CPE)range: < 5.9-55.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.9-55.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.6-93.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.9-55.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.9-55.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.9-55.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.6-93.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.9-55.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.9-55.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.6-93.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.9-55.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.9-55.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Envd
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Envd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13nvd
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