CVE-2015-9262

Publication date 1 August 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libxcursor 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:1.1.14-1ubuntu0.16.04.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:1.1.14-1ubuntu0.14.04.2

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libxcursor

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3729-1
    • libxcursor vulnerability
    • 6 August 2018

Other references