An issue was discovered in the pancurses crate through 0.16.1 for Rust. printw and mvprintw have format string vulnerabilities.
CVE-2019-15546
HIGHNVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2021-08-25. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
7.5
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 63.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 26, 2019
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (2)
- cve@mitrehttps://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2019-0005.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2019-0005.html
Patch Availability(1)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rust | pancurses | — | ghsa |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
crates.io(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| pancurses | — | — | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Frequently asked(5)
What is CVE-2019-15546?
CVE-2019-15546 is a high vulnerability published on August 26, 2019. An issue was discovered in the pancurses crate through 0.16.1 for Rust. printw and mvprintw have format string vulnerabilities.
When was CVE-2019-15546 disclosed?
CVE-2019-15546 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 26, 2019, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2019-15546 actively exploited?
CVE-2019-15546 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 63.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-15546?
CVE-2019-15546 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2019-15546?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2019-15546, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.
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