CVE-2019-15693

high

Description

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.

References

https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/releases/tag/v1.10.1

https://github.com/CendioOssman/tigervnc/commit/b4ada8d0c6dac98c8b91fc64d112569a8ae5fb95

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/20/2

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00039.html

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2019-12-26

Updated: 2023-01-20

Type: CWE-787

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 8

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 1.2

Severity: HIGH