ghsa-vh2x-5rx6-qqhv
Vulnerability from github
Published
2023-04-14 03:30
Modified
2025-11-04 21:30
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-29491"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-787"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-04-14T01:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-vh2x-5rx6-qqhv",
  "modified": "2025-11-04T21:30:33Z",
  "published": "2023-04-14T03:30:29Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29491"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LU4MYMKFEZQ5VSCVLRIZGDQOUW3T44GT"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LU4MYMKFEZQ5VSCVLRIZGDQOUW3T44GT"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230517-0009"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213843"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213844"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213845"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/13/4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb51b1ea1f75a0ec17c9c5937cb28df1e8eeec56"
    },
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/10"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/11"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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