CVE-2019-15548

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—

9.8

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 v3: 9.8
EG Score: 9.8(medium)
EPSS: 69.3%
KEV: Not listed

Published

August 26, 2019

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (2)

cve@mitrehttps://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2019-0006.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2019-0006.html

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / Ecosystem	Fixed in / Patch	Released	Source
rust	ncurses	—	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
ncurses	—	—	—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-119Buffer Operations Within Bounds (Buffer Overflow)

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 7× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

2026-05-27 15:15 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-27 15:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
2026-05-27 13:38 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-26 13:42 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-26 13:42 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-26 07:17 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-26 07:17 UTCepss_batch

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2019-15548?

CVE-2019-15548 is a critical vulnerability published on August 26, 2019. 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.

When was CVE-2019-15548 disclosed?

CVE-2019-15548 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-2019-15548 actively exploited?

CVE-2019-15548 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 69.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-15548?

CVE-2019-15548 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2019-15548?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2019-15548, 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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