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advisory-db/crates/pancurses/RUSTSEC-2019-0005.md
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[advisory]
id = "RUSTSEC-2019-0005"
package = "pancurses"
aliases = ["CVE-2019-15546", "GHSA-m57c-4vvx-gjgq"]
cvss = "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
date = "2019-06-15"
url = "https://github.com/RustSec/advisory-db/issues/106"

[affected.functions]
"pancurses::mvprintw" = [">= 0"]
"pancurses::printw" = [">= 0"]

[versions]
patched = []

Format string vulnerabilities in pancurses

pancurses::mvprintw and pancurses::printw passes a pointer from a rust &str to C, allowing hostile input to execute a format string attack, which trivially allows writing arbitrary data to stack memory.