CVE-2017-10685
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
4.3%
90.7th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-134
Published 2017-06-29 · modified 2026-07-23
Description
In ncurses 6.0, there is a format string vulnerability in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input will lead to a remote arbitrary code execution attack.