CVE-2018-7225
highpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.061 · 93 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer through 0.9.11. rfbProcessClientNormalMessage() in rfbserver.c does not sanitize msg.cct.length, leading to access to uninitialized and potentially sensitive data or possibly unspecified other impact (e.g., an integer overflow) via specially crafted VNC packets.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- Fixedlibvncserver-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-debuginfo-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-debuginfo-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-debuginfo-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-debuginfo-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-debuginfo-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-debuginfo-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-debuginfo-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-debuginfo-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-debuginfo-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-debuginfo-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-debuginfo-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-debuginfo-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-debuginfo-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-debuginfo-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-devel-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-devel-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-devel-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-devel-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-devel-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-devel-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055 - Fixedlibvncserver-devel-0:0.9.9-12.el7_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 5.4–9.8
weaknesses
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affected products (60)
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advisories (1)
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- RHSA-2018:1055Red Hat Security Advisory: libvncserver security update2018-04-10csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for libvncserver is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (55)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/02/18/1cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103107cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055cnnvd
- https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserverPatchcnnvd
- https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/issues/218cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00035.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00032.htmlcnnvd
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