CVE-2015-9262
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 5.7% (pctl 93)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 5.68% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2018-08-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (7)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| debian | debian linux |
| redhat | ansible tower |
| redhat | enterprise linux desktop |
| redhat | enterprise linux server |
| redhat | enterprise linux workstation |
| x | libxcursor |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3059
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90857
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=897213f36baf6926daf6d192c709cf627aa5fd05
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00016.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3729-1/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3059
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90857
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=897213f36baf6926daf6d192c709cf627aa5fd05
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00016.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3729-1/
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