What is CVE-2019-15547?

CVE-2019-15547 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ncurses Project, classified under Use of Externally-Controlled Format String. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-08-26.

How severe is CVE-2019-15547?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-15547 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Ncurses Project

CVE-2019-15547

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.

EPSS: 0.012 (65.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Ncurses_project Ncurses
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-134 — Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15547?: CVE-2019-15547 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ncurses Project, classified under Use of Externally-Controlled Format String. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-08-26.
How severe is CVE-2019-15547?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-15547 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.