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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
|---|---|
| Attack Complexity | LOW |
| Privileges Required | LOW |
| User Interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality Impact | HIGH |
| Integrity Impact | HIGH |
| Availability Impact | HIGH |
| Source | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| [email protected] | Primary |
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CWE-787
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| invisible-island | ncurses | * | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd34b9c3140> | Application |
| Vulnerable | CPE |
|---|---|
| Yes | cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |