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CVE-2023-29491

CVE-2023-29491HIGH
n/a n/a — ncurses before 6.4 20230408, when used by a setuid application, allows local users to trigger security-relevant memory corruption via mal…
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   L   N  U  H  H  H    7.8   .0098   61.5     —
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —
TIMELINE
  Apr 7   Reserved by mitre
  Apr 14  Published (CNA: mitre)
  Oct 14  ENRICHED — CVE-2023-29491. Received CVSS 7.8 and CPE data from NVD.
  Oct 14  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2023-29491. Public exploit reference added.
CWE-787 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v3.1 · 14 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 4 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
April 7, 2023ReservedReserved by mitre
April 14, 2023PublishedPublished (CNA: mitre)
October 14, 2026ENRICHEDENRICHED — CVE-2023-29491. Received CVSS 7.8 and CPE data from NVD.
October 14, 2026EXPLOIT PUBLISHEDEXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2023-29491. Public exploit reference added.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
n/an/a—n/a—

Weaknesses

CWE-787

References (14)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2023-29491 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-787

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