NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package x11vnc (opens in a new tab)
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- published19 Dec 2018
- disclosed19 Dec 2018
Introduced: 19 Dec 2018
CVE-2018-20024 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream x11vnc package and not the x11vnc package as distributed by Ubuntu.
LibVNC before commit 4a21bbd097ef7c44bb000c3bd0907f96a10e4ce7 contains null pointer dereference in VNC client code that can result DoS.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-20024
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4383
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00017.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20024
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-06
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-05
- https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2018/12/19/klcert-18-034-libvnc-null-pointer-dereference/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00033.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4547-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4547-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3877-1/