Out-of-bounds Write Affecting tigervnc-license package, versions <0:1.8.0-21.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-TIGERVNCLICENSE-1688411
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed26 Dec 2019

Introduced: 26 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-15693  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 tigervnc-license to version 0:1.8.0-21.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1552.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tigervnc-license package and not the tigervnc-license package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

TigerVNC version prior to 1.10.1 is vulnerable to heap buffer overflow, which occurs in TightDecoder::FilterGradient. Exploitation of this vulnerability could potentially result into remote code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity.

CVSS Scores

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