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CVE-2019-15691

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-15691 is a stack use-after-return vulnerability in TigerVNC versions prior to 1.10.1, affecting products like openSUSE Leap and TigerVNC. This flaw allows an attacker to achieve remote code execution by sending specially crafted network traffic, exploiting incorrect stack memory handling in the ZRLEDecoder. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), it requires high privileges for exploitation but has a low attack complexity and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tigervnc:tigervnc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.2HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0472 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 5,538 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: tigervnc-0:1.8.0-21.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: tigervnc-0:1.9.0-14.el8_1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-15691Moderate

tigervnc: Stack use-after-return due to incorrect usage of stack memory in ZRLEDecoder

Dec 20, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00039.html
Third Party Advisory
github.com / CendioOssman/tigervnc/commit/d61a767d6842b530ffb532ddd5a3d233119aad40
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / TigerVNC/tigervnc/releases/tag/v1.10.1
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/12/20/2
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory