---
cve: "CVE-2018-19211"
severity: "LOW"
cvss: 3.1
epss: "0.9%"
vendor: "n/a"
kev: false
exploited: false
published: "2018-11-12 19:29:00"
tags: [cve, security, low]
source: tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier
exported: "2026-09-20T16:48:26+02:00"
---

# CVE-2018-19211

> 3.1 LOW

## Beschreibung

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.

## Referenzen

- <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1643754>

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_Exportiert aus dem [tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier](https://tsecurity.de/cve?cve=CVE-2018-19211) · Datenquellen: EUVD (ENISA), NVD, OSV, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Exploit-DB, BSI BITS_