| Name | CVE-2019-15678 |
| Description | TightVNC code version 1.3.10 contains heap buffer overflow in rfbServerCutText handler, which can potentially result code execution.. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2045-1 |
| NVD severity | high |
| Debian Bugs | 945364 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| tightvnc (PTS) | jessie | 1.3.9-6.5 | vulnerable |
| jessie (security) | 1.3.9-6.5+deb8u1 | fixed |
| buster, stretch | 1:1.3.9-9 | vulnerable |
| bullseye, sid | 1:1.3.9-9.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[buster] - tightvnc <no-dsa> (Minor issue; will be fixed via point release)
[stretch] - tightvnc <no-dsa> (Minor issue; will be fixed via point release)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/12/10/5
https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/commit/c5ba3fee85a7ecbbca1df5ffd46d32b92757bc2a
part of CVE-2018-20748/libvnvserver