What is CVE-2019-15548?

CVE-2019-15548 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ncurses Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-08-26.

How severe is CVE-2019-15548?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-15548 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Ncurses Project

CVE-2019-15548

An issue was discovered in the ncurses crate through 5.99.0 for Rust. There are instr and mvwinstr buffer overflows because interaction with C functions is mishandled.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.016 (73.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ncurses_project Ncurses
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15548?: CVE-2019-15548 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ncurses Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-08-26.
How severe is CVE-2019-15548?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-15548 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.