CVE-2019-15547

HIGH

ncurses < 5.99.0 - Use of Externally-Controlled Format String in printw Functions

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in the ncurses crate through 5.99.0 for Rust. There are format string issues in printw functions because C format arguments are mishandled.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0123
EPSS Percentile 64.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-134
Status published
Products (2)
crates.io/ncurses 0crates.io
ncurses_project/ncurses < 5.99.0
Published Aug 26, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026