CVE-2023-50495

NCurse v6.4-20230418 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the component _nc_wrap_entry().

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LU4MYMKFEZQ5VSCVLRIZGDQOUW3T44GT/
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2023-04/msg00020.html	Mailing List Patch
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2023-04/msg00029.html	Mailing List Patch
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240119-0008/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LU4MYMKFEZQ5VSCVLRIZGDQOUW3T44GT/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LU4MYMKFEZQ5VSCVLRIZGDQOUW3T44GT/
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2023-04/msg00020.html	Mailing List Patch
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2023-04/msg00029.html	Mailing List Patch
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240119-0008/

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurse:6.4-20230418:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

04 Nov 2025, 19:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LU4MYMKFEZQ5VSCVLRIZGDQOUW3T44GT/ -

Information

Published : 2023-12-12 15:15

Updated : 2025-11-04 19:16

NVD link : CVE-2023-50495

Mitre link : CVE-2023-50495

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-50495

JSON object : View

Products Affected

invisible-island

ncurse

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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