Out-of-Bounds Affecting libvncserver package, versions <0:0.9.11-17.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.71% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-LIBVNCSERVER-4055468
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed17 Jun 2020

Introduced: 17 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-14397  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 libvncserver to version 0:0.9.11-17.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:1811.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvncserver package and not the libvncserver package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. libvncserver/rfbregion.c has a NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS Scores

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