{"id":"CVE-2019-15690","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-15690","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T02:05:03.227Z","title":"LibVNCServer 0.9.12 release and earlier contains heap buffer overflow vulnerability within the HandleCursorShape() function in libvncclient/cursor.c.","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.","published":"2025-01-24T18:15:28.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:20:53.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"vulnerability@kaspersky.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-122"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00746,"percentile":0.54618,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.75%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/vulnerabilities/klcert-20-009-remote-code-execution-on-libvnc-version-prior-to-0-9-12/","source":"vulnerability@kaspersky.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15690","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}