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CVE-2018-20749

Published: 30 January 2019

LibVNC before 0.9.12 contains a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in libvncserver/rfbserver.c. The fix for CVE-2018-15127 was incomplete.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
italc
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (1:3.0.3+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1)
focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
upstream
Released (1:3.0.3+dfsg1-1+deb9u1, 1:2.0.2+dfsg1-2+deb8u1)
xenial
Released (1:2.0.2+dfsg1-4ubuntu0.1)
libvncserver
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1)
cosmic
Released (0.9.11+dfsg-1.1ubuntu0.1)
disco Not vulnerable
(0.9.11+dfsg-1.3)
focal Not vulnerable
(0.9.11+dfsg-1.3)
trusty
Released (0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1.4)
upstream
Released (0.9.11+dfsg-1.3)
xenial
Released (0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.3)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/commit/15bb719c03cc70f14c36a843dcb16ed69b405707
x11vnc
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(uses shared libvnc)
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Not vulnerable
(uses shared libvnc)
focal Not vulnerable
(uses shared libvnc)
trusty Not vulnerable
(uses shared libvnc)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(uses shared libvnc)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H