Is CVE-2018-19211 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-19211 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-19211?

CVE-2018-19211 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-19211?

CVE-2018-19211 has an EPSS score of 0.86% (54th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-19211?

Upgrade ncurses on debian 11 to 6.1+20180210-3 or later. Fixes are available for 5 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-19211

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In ncurses 6.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference at function _nc_parse_entry in parse_entry.c that will lead to a denial of service attack. The product proceeds to the dereference code path even after a "dubious character `*' in name or alias field" detection.

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

How to fix

Remediation Available

ncursesDebian

Fixed in:6.1+20180210-3CVE-2018-19211

libncurses5Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2USN-5477-1

Fixed in:6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2USN-5477-1

libtinfo5Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2USN-5477-1

Fixed in:6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2USN-5477-1

ncursesUbuntu

Fixed in:5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2USN-5477-1

Fixed in:6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2USN-5477-1

ncurses-binUbuntu

Fixed in:5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2USN-5477-1

Fixed in:6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2USN-5477-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.86%probability of exploitation in 30 days

54thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 54% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

bugzilla.redhat.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-21758	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-21547	High	7.5	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-3470	Medium	4.3	86%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-44224	High	8.2	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-0742	High	7.5	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2009-1386	Medium	5.0	80%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.