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DEBIAN-CVE-2023-29491

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-29491 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13ncurses0, 0, 0
Debian:14ncurses0, 0, 0
Debian:11ncurses6.2+20201114-2+deb11u1, 6.2+20201114-2, 6.2+20201114-2+deb11u1
Debian:12ncurses0, 0, 0

Exploit Intelligence

Timeline

  • Apr 14, 2023 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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