CVE-2019-15693
HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: December 26, 2019 at 02:57 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:20 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTigervnc
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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 1.10.11.10.0
Affected range stops below 1.10.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00039.htmlx_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/CendioOssman/tigervnc/commit/b4ada8d0c6dac98c8b91fc64d112569a8ae5fb95x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/releases/tag/v1.10.1Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/20/2CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-122CWE-787
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