CVE-2018-15126 is a critical heap use-after-free vulnerability in the server code of the file transfer extension within LibVNC before commit 73cb96fec028a576a5a24417b57723b55854ad7b, affecting various Canonical and Debian Linux distributions and LibVNCServer. This flaw allows for unauthenticated remote code execution with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by its CVSS score of 9.8. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, highlighting its potential risk.
| 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:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
18.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.