ubuntu-cve-2019-15693
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-12-26 15:15
Modified
2025-10-24 04:47
Summary
Details

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
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "tigervnc-common",
            "binary_version": "1.7.0+dfsg-8ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "tigervnc-scraping-server",
            "binary_version": "1.7.0+dfsg-8ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "tigervnc-standalone-server",
            "binary_version": "1.7.0+dfsg-8ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "tigervnc-viewer",
            "binary_version": "1.7.0+dfsg-8ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "tigervnc-xorg-extension",
            "binary_version": "1.7.0+dfsg-8ubuntu2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "tigervnc",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/tigervnc@1.7.0+dfsg-8ubuntu2?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.7.0+dfsg-7ubuntu1",
        "1.7.0+dfsg-8ubuntu2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15693",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T04:47:50Z",
  "published": "2019-12-26T15:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-15693"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/20/2"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/commit/b4ada8d0c6dac98c8b91fc64d112569a8ae5fb95"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/commit/46c081926efd83c90a45c0a96b1b5bc1927e1346"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/CendioOssman/tigervnc/commit/b4ada8d0c6dac98c8b91fc64d112569a8ae5fb95"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/releases/tag/v1.10.1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15693"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2019-15693"
  ]
}



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