Out-of-bounds Write Affecting tigervnc-icons package, versions <0:1.9.0-14.el8_1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (63rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-TIGERVNCICONS-2551784
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed26 Dec 2019

Introduced: 26 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-15694  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 tigervnc-icons to version 0:1.9.0-14.el8_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-1497.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tigervnc-icons package and not the tigervnc-icons package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

TigerVNC version prior to 1.10.1 is vulnerable to heap buffer overflow, which could be triggered from DecodeManager::decodeRect. Vulnerability occurs due to the signdness error in processing MemOutStream. Exploitation of this vulnerability could potentially result into remote code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity.

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