Name: CVE-2019-15548: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2019-08-26T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2019-15548, CWE-119, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.01615

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 Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Aug 26, 2019

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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