Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU17125

#VU17125 NULL pointer dereference in LibVNCServer - CVE-2018-20024

Published: January 22, 2019

Vulnerability identifier: #VU17125

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20024

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
LibVNCServer

Software vendor:
LibVNC

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in VNC client code. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Update to version 0.9.12.