Buffer overflow in ncurses - CVE-2019-15548
Published: November 24, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22944
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15548
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Jeaye Wilkerson
Affected software:
ncurses
ncurses
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within instr() and mvwinstr() function in the ncurses crate for Rust. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the affected application, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-15548
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.