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CVE-2018-20019

libvncserver: Multiple heap out-of-bound writes in VNC client code

Published Modified CWE 787
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (medium).

Description

LibVNC before commit a83439b9fbe0f03c48eb94ed05729cb016f8b72f contains multiple heap out-of-bound write vulnerabilities in VNC client code that can result remote code execution

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11libvncserver0.9.11+dfsg-1.2
debian 12libvncserver0.9.11+dfsg-1.2
debian 13libvncserver0.9.11+dfsg-1.2
debian 14libvncserver0.9.11+dfsg-1.2
debian 8italc, libvncserver1:2.0.2+dfsg1-2+deb8u1 and 1 more
debian 9italc, libvncserver1:3.0.3+dfsg1-1+deb9u1 and 1 more
echolibvncserver0.9.11+dfsg-1.2
Red Hatlibvncserver, libvncserver-develno fix listed
ubuntu 14.04libvncserver0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1.4
ubuntu 16.04italc, libvncserver1:2.0.2+dfsg1-4ubuntu0.1 and 1 more
ubuntu 16.04-ESMitalc, libvncserver1:2.0.2+dfsg1-4ubuntu0.1 and 1 more
ubuntu 18.04italc, libvncserver1:3.0.3+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1 and 1 more
Show all 21 entries from 14 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11libvncserver0.9.11+dfsg-1.2
debian 12libvncserver0.9.11+dfsg-1.2
debian 13libvncserver0.9.11+dfsg-1.2
debian 14libvncserver0.9.11+dfsg-1.2
debian 8italc1:2.0.2+dfsg1-2+deb8u1
debian 8libvncserver0.9.9+dfsg2-6.1+deb8u4
debian 9italc1:3.0.3+dfsg1-1+deb9u1
debian 9libvncserver0.9.11+dfsg-1.3~deb9u1
echolibvncserver0.9.11+dfsg-1.2
Red Hatlibvncserverno fix listed
Red Hatlibvncserver-develno fix listed
ubuntu 14.04libvncserver0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1.4
ubuntu 16.04italc1:2.0.2+dfsg1-4ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 16.04libvncserver0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.3
ubuntu 16.04-ESMitalc1:2.0.2+dfsg1-4ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 16.04-ESMlibvncserver0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.3
ubuntu 18.04italc1:3.0.3+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 18.04libvncserver0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1
ubuntu 18.04-ESMitalc1:3.0.3+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 18.04-ESMlibvncserver0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1
ubuntu 18.10libvncserver0.9.11+dfsg-1.1ubuntu0.1

References

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