CVE-2018-20020

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
LibVNC before commit 7b1ef0ffc4815cab9a96c7278394152bdc89dc4d contains heap out-of-bound write vulnerability inside structure in VNC client code that can result remote code execution
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-20020
  • Assigner
  • vulnerability@kaspersky.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2018-12-19T16:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-10-23T13:15:14
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-787 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:libvnc_project:libvncserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 0.9.12
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2018/12/19/klcert-18-030-libvnc-heap-out-of-bound-write/ Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00017.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3877-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4383 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-05
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00033.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-06
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4547-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4547-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20020
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20020
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:22:21 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 15:29:33 2018-12-19T16:29Z 2018-12-19T16:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 15:29:33 2020-10-23T13:15:14 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 15:29:33 Modified Vulnerability Status updated