Pancurses
CVE-2019-15546
HIGH
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Lifecycle Timeline
1Blast Radius
ecosystem impact- 35 cargo packages depend on pancurses (32 direct, 4 indirect)
Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 0.16.1.
DescriptionNVD
An issue was discovered in the pancurses crate through 0.16.1 for Rust. printw and mvprintw have format string vulnerabilities.
AnalysisAI
An issue was discovered in the pancurses crate through 0.16.1 for Rust. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-134. An issue was discovered in the pancurses crate through 0.16.1 for Rust. printw and mvprintw have format string vulnerabilities. Affected products include: Pancurses Project Pancurses. Version information: through 0.16.1.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
Same weakness CWE-134 – Use of Externally-Controlled Format String
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External POC / Exploit Code
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