CVE-2023-29491
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 data…
Published Apr 14, 2023 · updated Oct 14, 2026 · invisible-island ncurses
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.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Apr 14, 2023 · NIST NVD
Detected
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.
Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
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.
Affected
- cpe invisible-island/ncursesversion unspecified
Sources
- CVE.orgCVE-2023-29491
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSCVE-2023-29491
30-day exploitation probability 0.9%
first.org - NIST NVDCVE-2023-29491
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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