CVE-2015-9262 Memory corruption in n/a
Critical 9.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-9262 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2015-9262 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 1 Aug 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-9262 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Canonical Ubuntu Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9262/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9262/index.md)
A one-byte heap overflow in libXcursor allows remote attackers to cause denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-9262?
CVE-2015-9262 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 1 Aug 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-9262?
It affects 7 products.
Linux distribution packages (40)
drm-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:2.4.91-3.el7 |
egl-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:8.3.0-10.el7 |
freeglut Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:3.0.0-8.el7 |
freeglut-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:3.0.0-8.el7 |
freeglut-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:3.0.0-8.el7 |
glx-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:8.3.0-10.el7 |
intel-gpu-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:2.99.917-28.20180530.el7 |
libX11 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.6.5-2.el7 |
libX11-common Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.6.5-2.el7 |
libX11-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.6.5-2.el7 |
libX11-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.6.5-2.el7 |
libXcursor Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.1.15-1.el7 |
libXcursor-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.1.15-1.el7 |
libXcursor-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.1.15-1.el7 |
libXfont Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.5.4-1.el7 |
libXfont-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.5.4-1.el7 |
libXfont-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.5.4-1.el7 |
libXfont2 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:2.0.3-1.el7 |
libXfont2-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:2.0.3-1.el7 |
libXfont2-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:2.0.3-1.el7 |
libXres Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.2.0-1.el7 |
libXres-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.2.0-1.el7 |
libXres-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.2.0-1.el7 |
libdrm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:2.4.91-3.el7 |
libdrm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:2.4.91-3.el7 |
libdrm-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:2.4.91-3.el7 |
libepoxy Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.5.2-1.el7 |
libepoxy-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.5.2-1.el7 |
libepoxy-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.5.2-1.el7 |
libglvnd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:1.0.1-0.8.git5baa1e5.el7 |
libglvnd-core-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:1.0.1-0.8.git5baa1e5.el7 |
libglvnd-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:1.0.1-0.8.git5baa1e5.el7 |
libglvnd-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:1.0.1-0.8.git5baa1e5.el7 |
libglvnd-egl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:1.0.1-0.8.git5baa1e5.el7 |
libglvnd-gles Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:1.0.1-0.8.git5baa1e5.el7 |
libglvnd-glx Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:1.0.1-0.8.git5baa1e5.el7 |
libglvnd-opengl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:1.0.1-0.8.git5baa1e5.el7 |
libinput Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.10.7-2.el7 |
libinput-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.10.7-2.el7 |
libinput-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.10.7-2.el7 |
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Redhat Ansible Tower, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2015-9262?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2015-9262 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-9262 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-9262, DLA-1469-1, GHSA-3786-whr3-7xmw, MGASA-2018-0364, RHSA-2018:3059, SUSE-SU-2018:2791-1 and 3 more.