{"id":"AZL-40988","summary":"CVE-2018-19217 affecting package ncurses 6.4-2","details":"In ncurses, possibly a 6.x version, there is a NULL pointer dereference at the function _nc_name_match that will lead to a denial of service attack. NOTE: the original report stated version 6.1, but the issue did not reproduce for that version according to the maintainer or a reliable third-party","modified":"2026-04-21T04:29:13.657961Z","published":"2018-11-12T19:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2018-19217"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19217"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ncurses","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/azure-linux/ncurses"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"6.4-2"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-40988.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}