CVE-2019-15678 is a critical heap buffer overflow vulnerability in TightVNC version 1.3.10, specifically within the rfbServerCutText handler. This flaw allows for potential remote code execution, affecting TightVNC products. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it is highly severe, requiring no user interaction or authentication and exploitable over the network. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.3.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tightvnc:tightvnc:1.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.