Out-of-bounds Write Affecting tigervnc package, versions <1.8.0-13.11.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-TIGERVNC-2718498
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed16 Jan 2020

Introduced: 16 Jan 2020

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 tigervnc to version 1.8.0-13.11.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tigervnc package and not the tigervnc package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 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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