CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-15547

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Published: Aug 26, 2019 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
6.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

Weakness

The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ncurses Ncurses_project * 5.99.0 (including)
Rust-ncurses Ubuntu esm-apps/focal *
Rust-ncurses Ubuntu esm-apps/jammy *
Rust-ncurses Ubuntu focal *
Rust-ncurses Ubuntu groovy *
Rust-ncurses Ubuntu hirsute *
Rust-ncurses Ubuntu impish *
Rust-ncurses Ubuntu jammy *
Rust-ncurses Ubuntu kinetic *
Rust-ncurses Ubuntu lunar *

Potential Mitigations

References