High 7.8Published Apr 13, 2023

CVE-2023-29491ncurses 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…

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 6:20 PM ET)

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Every CVE for Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP

Exploited in the last 30 days

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: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: mitre
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 14, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 14, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:simatic_s7_1500_cpu_1518_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name)	from V3.1.0 before V3.1.5	CISA ADP
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:simatic_s7_1500_cpu_1518f_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name)	from V3.1.0 before V3.1.5	CISA ADP
Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:siplus_s7_1500_cpu_1518_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name)	from V3.1.0 before V3.1.5	CISA ADP
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000 siemens:ruggedcom_rox_mx5000 (from the name)	before V2.17.0	CISA ADP
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000RE siemens:ruggedcom_rox_mx5000re (from the name)	before V2.17.0	CISA ADP
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400 siemens:ruggedcom_rox_rx1400 (from the name)	before V2.17.0	CISA ADP
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1500 siemens:ruggedcom_rox_rx1500 (from the name)	before V2.17.0	CISA ADP
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1501 siemens:ruggedcom_rox_rx1501 (from the name)	before V2.17.0	CISA ADP
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1510 siemens:ruggedcom_rox_rx1510 (from the name)	before V2.17.0	CISA ADP
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1511 siemens:ruggedcom_rox_rx1511 (from the name)	before V2.17.0	CISA ADP
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References

References

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/13/4	mailing-list, patch
http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb51b1ea1f75a0ec17c9c5937cb28df1e8eeec56
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/5	mailing-list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/10	mailing-list, patch, third-party-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/11	mailing-list, exploit, third-party-advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230517-0009/
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213843
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213844
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213845
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.html	mailing-list
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