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CVE-2019-20788

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-20788 is a critical vulnerability affecting LibVNCServer through version 0.9.12, specifically impacting products from Canonical, Debian, LibVNC Project, and Siemens. It involves an integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow in the HandleCursorShape function, triggered by large height or width values. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability allows for remote, unauthenticated attacks with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is it listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and it has received minimal community or media attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0244 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 36,821 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libvncserver-0:0.9.9-14.el7_7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: libvncserver-0:0.9.11-9.el8_1.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: libvncserver-0:0.9.11-9.el8_0.2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-20788

libvncserver: integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow in libvncclient/cursor.c in HandleCursorShape function

Nov 17, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00027.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/pdf/ssa-390195.pdf
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / LibVNC/libvncserver/commit/54220248886b5001fbbb9fa73c4e1a2cb9413fed
PatchThird Party Advisory
securitylab.github.com / advisories/GHSL-2020-064-libvnc-libvncclient
ExploitThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4407-1
Third Party Advisory