CVE-2018-20024

LibVNC before commit 4a21bbd097ef7c44bb000c3bd0907f96a10e4ce7 contains null pointer dereference in VNC client code that can result DoS.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
italc	24.10 oracular	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	23.10 mantic	Not in release
	23.04 lunar	Not in release
	22.10 kinetic	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	21.10 impish	Not in release
	21.04 hirsute	Not in release
	20.10 groovy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 1:3.0.3+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1:2.0.2+dfsg1-4ubuntu0.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
libvncserver	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Fixed 0.9.11+dfsg-1.1ubuntu0.1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.3
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1.4
ssvnc	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Vulnerable
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.9.29-2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
x11vnc	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Ignored end of life
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libvncserver	Upstream: 4a21bbd

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3877-1
LibVNCServer vulnerabilities
31 January 2019

USN-4547-1
iTALC vulnerabilities
28 September 2020

USN-4547-2
SSVNC vulnerabilities
28 September 2020

USN-4587-1
iTALC vulnerabilities
20 October 2020