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)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
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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