Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libvncserver package, versions <0.9.11+dfsg-1.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
54.77% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-LIBVNCSERVER-316723
  • published19 Dec 2018
  • disclosed19 Dec 2018

Introduced: 19 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-15127  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 libvncserver to version 0.9.11+dfsg-1.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvncserver package and not the libvncserver package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

LibVNC before commit 502821828ed00b4a2c4bef90683d0fd88ce495de contains heap out-of-bound write vulnerability in server code of file transfer extension that can result remote code execution