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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-08-29T06:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:05:20.018Z

Reserved: 2017-08-29T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-13728

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-08-29T06:29:00.297

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-13728

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-08-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-13728 - Bugzilla