UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15547

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-15547
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15547.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15547
Upstream
Published
2019-08-26T18:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:47:49Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in the ncurses crate through 5.99.0 for Rust. There are format string issues in printw functions because C format arguments are mishandled.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / rust-ncurses

Package

Name
rust-ncurses
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-ncurses@5.99.0-1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.99.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "librust-ncurses-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.99.0-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15547.json"

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / rust-ncurses

Package

Name
rust-ncurses
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-ncurses@5.99.0-3?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.99.0-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "librust-ncurses-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.99.0-3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15547.json"