Vulnerabilites related to LibVNC - LibVNCServer
CVE-2019-15690 (GCVE-0-2019-15690)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-01-24 17:53
Modified
2025-01-24 18:22
CWE
  • CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Summary
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.
Impacted products
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