CVE-2017-10685: invisible-island ncurses
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-10685 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in invisible-island ncurses. EPSS estimates a 4.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 9.8 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 4% (FIRST, 04-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 5Timeline
- 29-06-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In ncurses 6.0, there is a format string vulnerability in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input will lead to a remote arbitrary code execution attack.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
4.26%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
91%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 4.26% on 05-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Alpine1 product
- ncurses< 6.0-r7 | < 6.0-r8
Debian1 product
- ncurses< 6.0+20170701-1
Invisible-island1 product
- ncurses6.0
Ubuntu1 product
- ncurses< 5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1 | < 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1
4 vendors · 4 products
