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CVE-2019-15690 (GCVE-0-2019-15690)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-24 17:53 – Updated: 2025-01-24 18:22
VLAI?
Summary
LibVNCServer 0.9.12 release and earlier contains heap buffer overflow vulnerability within the HandleCursorShape() function in libvncclient/cursor.c. An attacker sends cursor shapes with specially crafted dimensions, which can result in remote code execution.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CWE
- CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LibVNC | LibVNCServer |
Affected:
* , ≤ 0.9.12
(custom)
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Credits
Pavel Cheremushkin from Kaspersky
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