Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libvncserver0 package, versions <0.9.10-4.22.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.81% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-LIBVNCSERVER0-2707224
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed15 Jul 2020

Introduced: 15 Jul 2020

CVE-2017-18922  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 libvncserver0 to version 0.9.10-4.22.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvncserver0 package and not the libvncserver0 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

It was discovered that websockets.c in LibVNCServer prior to 0.9.12 did not properly decode certain WebSocket frames. A malicious attacker could exploit this by sending specially crafted WebSocket frames to a server, causing a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1