CVE-2019-15546 json
Format string vulnerabilities in pancurses
published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-m57c-4vvx-gjgq , RUSTSEC-2019-0005 , EUVD-2021-1789
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.1%
- EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
An issue was discovered in the pancurses crate through 0.16.1 for Rust. printw and mvprintw have format string vulnerabilities.
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1.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
| OSV | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| crates.io | pancurses | <=0.16.1 >=0.0.0-0 |
no fix listed |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String
References
-
rustsec.org
/advisories/RUSTSEC-2019-0005.html
web, third-party-advisory, advisory
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15546
advisory
-
github.com
/RustSec/advisory-db/issues/106
web, report
-
github.com
/ihalila/pancurses/issues/66
web
-
github.com
/ihalila/pancurses
package
-
crates.io
/crates/pancurses
package
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2019-15546
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-m57c-4vvx-gjgq
- NVD CVE-2019-15546
- OSV RUSTSEC-2019-0005
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