9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2015-9262
Xcursor Theme Inheritance Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

_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.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 1, 2018, 11:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 16, 2019, 7:08 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-9262 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_server
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
4 Redhat ansible_tower
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 X libxcursor
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2015-9262.

URL Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3059 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505 Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90857 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=897213f36baf6926daf6d192c709cf627aa5fd05 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00016.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3729-1/ Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-9262 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-9262 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3059 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3059 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 31, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3059 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00016.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00016.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=897213f36baf6926daf6d192c709cf627aa5fd05 No Types Assigned https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=897213f36baf6926daf6d192c709cf627aa5fd05 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3729-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3729-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90857 No Types Assigned https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90857 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:x:libxcursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.1.15
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 19, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00016.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3729-1/ [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

4.61 }} 0.08%

score

0.92638

percentile

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