CVE-2018-19217 | ncurses 6.1 _nc_name_match null pointer dereference

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in ncurses 6.1. Impacted is the function _nc_name_match. Performing a manipulation results in null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2018-19217. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The existence of this vulnerability is still disputed at present.