CVE-2018-20749 is a critical heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in LibVNC versions prior to 0.9.12, affecting products from vendors like Canonical, Debian, and Siemens. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability over the network with low complexity. While the vulnerability is severe and has a high FAUCET Risk Score, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.9.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libvnc_project:libvncserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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