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CVE-2019-15694 (GCVE-0-2019-15694)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-12-26 14:59 – Updated: 2024-08-05 00:56

Summary

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.

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

Kaspersky CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 75/100 over 10 records in the last 180 days details

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/CendioOssman/tigervnc/commit/0…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/releases/tag…	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Kaspersky	TigerVNC	Affected: 1.10.0	guessed

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SUSE-SU-2020:0159-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2020-01-22 10:24 - Updated: 2026-09-20 13:24

Summary

Security update for tigervnc

Severity

Important

Scope

5 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2019-15694.

CVE-2019-15694

7.2 (High)


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

Recommended: 102 products

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SUSE-SU-2020:0266-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2020-01-30 14:20 - Updated: 2026-09-20 13:24

Summary

Security update for tigervnc

Severity

Important

Scope

5 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2019-15694.

CVE-2019-15694

7.2 (High)


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

Recommended: 20 products

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SUSE-SU-2020:1749-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2020-06-25 16:27 - Updated: 2026-09-20 13:33

Summary

Security update for tigervnc

Severity

Important

Scope

5 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2019-15694.

CVE-2019-15694

7.2 (High)


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

Recommended: 72 products

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UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15694 (CVE-2019-15694)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2019-12-26 15:15 – Updated: 2025-10-24 04:47 – Source website

Details

Severity

7.2 (High)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-15694	REPORT
	https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/…	REPORT
	https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/commit/0943c…	REPORT
	https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/commit/f2870…	REPORT
	https://github.com/CendioOssman/tigervnc/commit/0…	REPORT
	https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/releases/tag…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15694	REPORT

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WID-SEC-W-2024-1535

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2019-12-26 23:00 - Updated: 2024-07-04 22:00

Summary

tigervnc: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Ausführen von beliebigem Programmcode mit Benutzerrechten

Severity

Mittel

Scope

5 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2019-15694.

CVE-2019-15694

In tigervnc existieren mehrere Schwachstellen. Diese basieren auf Pufferüberläufen die aufgrund ungenügender Eingabeüberprüfungen hervorgerufen werden können. Ein entfernter anonymer Angreifer kann diese Schwachstellen ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code mit den Rechten des Dienstes zur Ausführung zu bringen.

Known affected: 3 products

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CVE-2019-15694 (GCVE-0-2019-15694)

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SUSE-SU-2020:0266-1

SUSE-SU-2020:1749-1

UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15694 (CVE-2019-15694)

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