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CVE-2019-15546

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-15546 describes format string vulnerabilities within the printw and mvprintw functions of the pancurses crate for Rust, affecting versions up to 0.16.1. This vulnerability carries a CVSSv3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that can lead to high integrity impact without requiring user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.16.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pancurses_project:pancurses:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0115 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

rustGHSA-m57c-4vvx-gjgqhigh

Format string vulnerabilities in pancurses

Aug 25, 2021

References

rustsec.org / advisories/RUSTSEC-2019-0005.html
Third Party Advisory