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CVE-2019-15693 (GCVE-0-2019-15693)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-12-26 14:57 – Updated: 2024-08-05 00:56
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Summary
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.
Severity
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Kaspersky TigerVNC Affected: 1.10.0
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