Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting tigervnc-icons package, versions <0:1.8.0-13.el7


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.02% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-TIGERVNCICONS-4870469
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed1 Aug 2018

Introduced: 1 Aug 2018

CVE-2015-9262  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 tigervnc-icons to version 0:1.8.0-13.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:3059.

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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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.