CVE-2020-14399 Affecting libvncserver package, versions <0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.13% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-LIBVNCSERVER-575524
  • published18 Jun 2020
  • disclosed17 Jun 2020

Introduced: 17 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-14399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 libvncserver to version 0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.3 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. Byte-aligned data is accessed through uint32_t pointers in libvncclient/rfbproto.c. NOTE: there is reportedly "no trust boundary crossed.

CVSS Base Scores

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