Use of Externally-Controlled Format String Affecting rust-ncurses package, versions *
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- published13 May 2023
- disclosed26 Aug 2019
Introduced: 26 Aug 2019
CVE-2019-15547 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:20.04 rust-ncurses.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rust-ncurses package and not the rust-ncurses package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.