{"cve":"CVE-2019-15548","nvd":{"published":"2019-08-26T18:15:12.857","modified":"2026-06-17T02:20:36.650","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2019-0006.html","https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2019-0006.html"],"products":["ncurses_project:ncurses"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:58:39.700375520+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2019-15548","score":0.01615,"percentile":0.76005,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-32v7-ghpr-c8hg","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-32v7-ghpr-c8hg","summary":"Mishandling of format strings in ncurses","modified":"2023-11-08T04:01:13.981343Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"crates.io","name":"ncurses","purl":"pkg:cargo/ncurses","ranges":["<=5.101.0"],"fixed":[]}]},{"id":"GHSA-g7r5-x7cr-vm3v","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-g7r5-x7cr-vm3v","summary":"Buffer overflow and format vulnerabilities in ncurses","modified":"2023-11-08T04:01:13.981343Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"crates.io","name":"ncurses","purl":"pkg:cargo/ncurses","ranges":["<=5.101.0"],"fixed":[]}]},{"id":"RUSTSEC-2019-0006","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RUSTSEC-2019-0006","summary":"Buffer overflow and format vulnerabilities in functions exposed without unsafe","modified":"2023-11-08T04:01:13.981343Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"crates.io","name":"ncurses","purl":"pkg:cargo/ncurses","ranges":[">=0.0.0-0"],"fixed":[]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}