CVE-2015-9262

high-risk

Published 2018-08-01

_XcursorThemeInherits in library.c in libXcursor before 1.1.15 allows remote attackers to cause denial of service or potentially code execution via a one-byte heap overflow.

Do I need to act?

3.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 9.8/10 Critical

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (8)

Debian Linux

Ubuntu Linux

Libxcursor

Ansible Tower

Enterprise Linux Desktop

Enterprise Linux Server

Enterprise Linux Workstation

Affected Vendors

Debian Redhat Canonical X

References (12)

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3059

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505

Patch https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90857

Patch https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=897213f36baf6926daf6...

Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00016.html

Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3729-1/

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3059

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505

Patch https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90857

Patch https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=897213f36baf6926daf6...

Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00016.html

Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3729-1/

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high-risk

Severity 32/34 · Critical

Exploitability 6/34 · Minimal

Exposure 14/34 · Moderate