CVE-2024-42458

Publication date 2 August 2024

Last updated 11 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

server.c in Neat VNC (aka neatvnc) before 0.8.1 does not properly validate the security type, a related issue to CVE-2006-2369.

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
neatvnc	26.04 LTS resolute	Not affected
	25.10 questing	Not affected
	25.04 plucky	Not affected
	24.10 oracular	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	22.04 LTS jammy	Needs evaluation
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release

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Package	Patch details
neatvnc	Upstream: cc71650

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.8 · Critical

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H