Bug 1214491 (CVE-2020-19187) - VUL-0: CVE-2020-19187: ncurses: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in fmt_entry function in progs/dump_entry.c:1100 in ncurses 6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command.
Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2020-19187: ncurses: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in fmt_entry fu...
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: CVE-2020-19187
Product: SUSE Security Incidents
Classification: Novell Products
Component: Incidents (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P3 - Medium : Normal
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QA Contact: Security Team bot
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/375947/
Whiteboard: CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2020-19187:5.5:(AV:...
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Reported: 2023-08-23 06:56 UTC by Stoyan Manolov
Modified: 2023-09-14 05:27 UTC (History)
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Description Stoyan Manolov 2023-08-23 06:56:42 UTC 
CVE-2020-19187

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in fmt_entry function in progs/dump_entry.c:1100
in ncurses 6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted
command.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2020-19187
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-19187
https://github.com/zjuchenyuan/fuzzpoc/blob/master/infotocap_poc3.md
Comment 2 Dr. Werner Fink 2023-09-12 10:08:59 UTC 
For SLE-12

noether:/ # infotocap -o /dev/null /tmp/infotocap_poc3.md 
"/tmp/infotocap_poc3.md", line 1, col 1: Illegal character (expected alphanumeric or @%&*!#) - '{'
Comment 3 Dr. Werner Fink 2023-09-12 10:30:41 UTC 
For SLE-15

noether:/ # infotocap -o /dev/null /tmp/infotocap_poc3.md 
"/tmp/infotocap_poc3.md", line 1, col 1: Illegal character (expected alphanumeric or @%&*!#) - '{'