CVE-2019-15546 : An issue was discovered in the pancurses crate through 0.16.1 for Rust. printw a

An issue was discovered in the pancurses crate through 0.16.1 for Rust. printw and mvprintw have format string vulnerabilities.

Published 2019-08-26 18:15:13

Updated 2019-08-29 16:45:06

Source MITRE

View at NVD, CVE.org

Vulnerability category: Overflow

Products affected by CVE-2019-15546

Pancurses Project » Pancurses
Versions up to, including, (<=) 0.16.1
cpe:2.3:a:pancurses_project:pancurses:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions

EPSS FAQ

0.08%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 35 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
6.4	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P	10.0	4.9	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Low Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: None Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: Partial
7.5	HIGH	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N	3.9	3.6	NIST
Attack Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: None User Interaction: None Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: None Integrity: High Availability: None

CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

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

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2019-0005.html

RUSTSEC-2019-0005: pancurses: Format string vulnerabilities in `pancurses` › RustSec Advisory Database
Third Party Advisory

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