CVE-2015-9262

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2022-05-14. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
9.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 6%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

_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.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EPSS
92.3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 1, 2018

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Jun 15, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
generic

Insufficient memory for terminating null of string in _XcursorThemeInherits - xorg/lib/libXcursor - X.org libXcursor library. (mirrored from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxcursor)

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor/commit/?id=897213f36baf6926daf6d192c709cf627aa5fd05
generic

90857 – Insufficient memory for terminating null of string is a bug.

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90857
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3059
generic

[SECURITY] [DLA-1469-1] libxcursor security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00016.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2015-9262(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(2)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulibxcursor1-udeb (1:1.1.14-1ubuntu0.16.04.2) @ xenial2026-05-28ubuntu
redhatxorg-x11-xkb-utils-0:7.7-14.el72018-10-30redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(1)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  34. 2026-05-28 04:22 UTCVendor advisory
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2015-9262?
CVE-2015-9262 is a critical vulnerability published on August 1, 2018. _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.
When was CVE-2015-9262 disclosed?
CVE-2015-9262 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 1, 2018, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2015-9262 actively exploited?
CVE-2015-9262 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 92.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2015-9262?
CVE-2015-9262 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2015-9262?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2015-9262, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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