{"action":"Upgrade ncurses to 6.0_p20171125-r0 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"6.0_p20171125-r0","introduced":"0"}],"component":"ncurses","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Alpine","ecosystem_qualifier":"Alpine:v3.19","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["6.0_p20171125-r0"],"id":"tcs_01M5N9B37WCZVC2EYHF7MT7WPV","modified_at":"2026-06-15T18:18:06.777481077Z","published_at":"2017-11-22T22:29:00.223Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16879","https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-16879"],"severity":{"label":"high","score":7.8},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"ALPINE-CVE-2017-16879#Alpine:v3.19/ncurses","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16879"}],"summary":"Stack-based buffer overflow in the _nc_write_entry function in tinfo/write_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code v"}