FKIE_CVE-2018-20024

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-12-19 16:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:52
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
LibVNC before commit 4a21bbd097ef7c44bb000c3bd0907f96a10e4ce7 contains null pointer dereference in VNC client code that can result DoS.
References
vulnerability@kaspersky.comhttps://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2018/12/19/klcert-18-034-libvnc-null-pointer-dereference/Third Party Advisory
vulnerability@kaspersky.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
vulnerability@kaspersky.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html
vulnerability@kaspersky.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00033.html
vulnerability@kaspersky.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-05
vulnerability@kaspersky.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-06
vulnerability@kaspersky.comhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3877-1/Third Party Advisory
vulnerability@kaspersky.comhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4547-1/
vulnerability@kaspersky.comhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4547-2/
vulnerability@kaspersky.comhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/
vulnerability@kaspersky.comhttps://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4383Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2018/12/19/klcert-18-034-libvnc-null-pointer-dereference/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00033.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-05
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-06
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3877-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4547-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4547-2/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4383Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
libvnc_project libvncserver *
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.10
debian debian_linux 8.0
debian debian_linux 9.0
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          "vendor": "n/a",
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            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "commit 4a21bbd097ef7c44bb000c3bd0907f96a10e4ce7"
            }
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      ],
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    }
  ],
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "LibVNC before commit 4a21bbd097ef7c44bb000c3bd0907f96a10e4ce7 contains null pointer dereference in VNC client code that can result DoS."
    },
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      "lang": "es",
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  "id": "CVE-2018-20024",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:52:11.570",
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}



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