Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting tigervnc-server package, versions <0:1.8.0-13.el7
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed1 Aug 2018
Introduced: 1 Aug 2018
CVE-2015-9262 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Centos:7 tigervnc-server to version 0:1.8.0-13.el7 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tigervnc-server package and not the tigervnc-server package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
_XcursorThemeInherits in library.c in libXcursor before 1.1.15 allows remote attackers to cause denial of service or potentially code execution via a one-byte heap overflow.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-9262
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90857
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=897213f36baf6926daf6d192c709cf627aa5fd05
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00016.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3059
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3729-1/