CVE-2019-15547 – ncurses

Package

Manager: cargo
Name: ncurses
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <=5.101.0

Severity

Level: High

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00238 pctl0.46769

Details

Mishandling of format strings in ncurses ncurses exposes functions from the ncurses library which: * Pass buffers without length to C functions that may write an arbitrary amount of data, leading to a buffer overflow. (instr, mvwinstr, etc) * Passes rust &str to strings expecting C format arguments, allowing hostile input to execute a format string attack, which trivially allows writing arbitrary data to stack memory (functions in the printw family).

Metadata

Created: 2021-08-25T20:58:47Z
Modified: 2023-06-13T18:30:35Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/08/GHSA-32v7-ghpr-c8hg/GHSA-32v7-ghpr-c8hg.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-134"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-32v7-ghpr-c8hg
Finding: F184
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