CVE-2019-15690

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Publication date:

24/01/2025

Last modified:

15/04/2026

Description

LibVNCServer 0.9.12 release and earlier contains heap buffer overflow vulnerability within the HandleCursorShape() function in libvncclient/cursor.c. An attacker sends cursor shapes with specially crafted dimensions, which can result in remote code execution.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

8.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/vulnerabilities/klcert-20-009-remote-code-execution-on-libvnc-version-prior-to-0-9-12/