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    CVE-2018-20022

    LibVNC before 2f5b2ad1c6c99b1ac6482c95844a84d66bb52838 contains multiple weaknesses CWE-665: Improper Initialization vulnerability in VNC client code that allows attacker to read stack memory and can be abuse for information disclosure. Combined with another vulnerability, it can be used to leak stack memory layout and in bypassing ASLR

    Published:Dec 19, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Dec 19, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.05439
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Libvnc Project
    Product
    Libvncserver

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-665 Improper Initialization

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    References

    https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2018/12/19/klcert-18-032-libvnc-multiple-memory-leaks/
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00017.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00033.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00028.html
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-05
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-06
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3877-1/
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/4547-1/
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/4547-2/
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4383
    https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2018/12/19/klcert-18-032-libvnc-multiple-memory-leaks/
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00017.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00033.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00028.html
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-05
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-06
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3877-1/
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/4547-1/
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/4547-2/
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4383

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High