CVE-2023-29491
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29491
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-29491.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-29491
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2023-04-14T01:15:08Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-16T09:42:44.161467Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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ncurses before 6.4 20230408, when used by a setuid application, allows local users to trigger security-relevant memory corruption via malformed data in a terminfo database file that is found in $HOME/.terminfo or reached via the TERMINFO or TERM environment variable.
- References
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/11
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230517-0009/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/5
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/13/4
- http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb51b1ea1f75a0ec17c9c5937cb28df1e8eeec56
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LU4MYMKFEZQ5VSCVLRIZGDQOUW3T44GT/
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213843
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213844
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213845