CVE•Published 2017-06-29•Modified 2026-07-23•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2017-10685Invisible-island · Ncurses
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
90
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 10% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
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.
Timeline
Published 2017-06-29
Modified 2026-07-23
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2017-10685Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Invisible-island Ncurses" version:"6.0"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Ncurses"HTTP body or banner mentions "Ncurses" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2017-10685Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2017-10685Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2017-10685Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2017-10685GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2017-10685" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.