CVE-2020-29260
highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.011 · 66 %ileEURUUSgrimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.13% (66th) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
libvncclient v0.9.13 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the function rfbClientCleanup().
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
7.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
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affected products (14)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- libvncserver project libvncserver= 0.9.13nvdUScpe:2.3:a:libvncserver_project:libvncserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (4)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-29260cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2020-29260/cnnvd
- https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/commit/bef41f6ec4097a8ee094f90a1b34a708fbd757eccnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00035.htmlcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/libvncclient-memory-leak-via-rfbClientCleanup-39424cnnvd
- https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/commit/bef41f6ec4097a8ee094f90a1b34a708fbd757ecenisa_euvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00035.htmlenisa_euvd
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