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-1688677
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed26 Dec 2019

Introduced: 26 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-15692  (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. Vulnerability could be triggered from CopyRectDecoder due to incorrect value checks. 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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