# CVE-2019-15547: RUSTSEC-2019-0006 - Buffer overflow and format vulnerabilities in functions exposed without unsafe

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2019-15547-mishandling-of-format-strings-in-ncurses  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2019-06-15  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2019-15547 · Severity: low · CVSS 3 · Published 2019-06-15

Buffer overflow and format vulnerabilities in functions exposed without unsafe

Technologies: [ncurses (crates.io)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/crates-io-ncurses). Vendors: [crates.io](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/crates-io).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2019-15547 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2019-15547 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2019-15547?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3, published 15 June 2019.

**Which products and versions are affected?** ncurses (crates.io) SEMVER:introduced=0,last_affected=5.101.0, SEMVER:introduced=0.0.0-0.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2019-15547?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2019-15547?** Check whether you run ncurses (crates.io) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- ncurses (crates.io) SEMVER:introduced=0,last_affected=5.101.0, SEMVER:introduced=0.0.0-0

## Identifiers

- CVE-2019-15547
- CVE-2019-15548
- GHSA-32v7-ghpr-c8hg
- GHSA-g7r5-x7cr-vm3v
- RUSTSEC-2019-0006

## Related threats

- [ncurses exposes uninitialized memory in string reading functions](https://junglewise.ai/threats/ncurses-exposes-uninitialized-memory-in-string-reading-functions-9ccafd62)
- [RUSTSEC-2025-0108 - Uninitialized memory exposure in string reading functions](https://junglewise.ai/threats/rustsec-2025-0108-uninitialized-memory-exposure-in-string-reading-5d930c60)