NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libvncserver-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.26% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-LIBVNCSERVERDEVEL-1328408
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed19 Dec 2018

Introduced: 19 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-20024  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 libvncserver-devel.

NVD Description

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

LibVNC before commit 4a21bbd097ef7c44bb000c3bd0907f96a10e4ce7 contains null pointer dereference in VNC client code that can result DoS.