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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20023
LibVNC before 8b06f835e259652b0ff026898014fc7297ade858 contains CWE-665: Improper Initialization vulnerability in VNC Repeater client code that allows...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
LibVNC before 8b06f835e259652b0ff026898014fc7297ade858 contains CWE-665: Improper Initialization vulnerability in VNC Repeater client code that allows attacker to read stack memory and can be abuse for information disclosure. Combined with another vulnerability, it can be used to leak stack memory layout and in bypassing ASLR
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
libvncserver
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.9.11+dfsg-1.2"}]}]
Debian:13
libvncserver
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.9.11+dfsg-1.2"}]}]
Debian:14
libvncserver
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.9.11+dfsg-1.2"}]}]
Debian:12
veyon
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.1.4+repack1-1"}]}]
Debian:13
veyon
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.1.4+repack1-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org