{"action":"Upgrade ncurses to 6.0+20171125-1 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"6.0+20171125-1","introduced":"0"}],"component":"ncurses","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:12","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["6.0+20171125-1"],"id":"tcs_01M5NC8JHJZJFMS80H8NHNXK1W","modified_at":"2026-09-01T20:03:45.267284627Z","published_at":"2017-11-22T22:29:00.223Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16879","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16879"],"severity":{"label":"high","score":7.8},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16879","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-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"}