| Name | CVE-2018-20019 |
| Description | LibVNC before commit a83439b9fbe0f03c48eb94ed05729cb016f8b72f contains multiple heap out-of-bound write vulnerabilities in VNC client code that can result remote code execution |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1617-1, DLA-1979-1, DSA-4383-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 916941 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libvncserver (PTS) | bullseye | 0.9.13+dfsg-2+deb11u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 0.9.14+dfsg-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| italc | source | jessie | 1:2.0.2+dfsg1-2+deb8u1 | DLA-1979-1 | ||
| italc | source | stretch | 1:3.0.3+dfsg1-1+deb9u1 | |||
| italc | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
| libvncserver | source | jessie | 0.9.9+dfsg2-6.1+deb8u4 | DLA-1617-1 | ||
| libvncserver | source | stretch | 0.9.11+dfsg-1.3~deb9u1 | DSA-4383-1 | ||
| libvncserver | source | (unstable) | 0.9.11+dfsg-1.2 | 916941 |
https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/issues/247
https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/commit/a83439b9fbe0f03c48eb94ed05729cb016f8b72f
https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2018/12/19/klcert-18-029-libvnc-multiple-heap-out-of-bound-vulnerabilities/
When fixing this issue apply the complete set of fixes to not open CVE-2018-20748.
Additional commits:
https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/commit/c5ba3fee85a7ecbbca1df5ffd46d32b92757bc2a
https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/commit/e34bcbb759ca5bef85809967a268fdf214c1ad2c
https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/commit/c2c4b81e6cb3b485fb1ec7ba9e7defeb889f6ba7
https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/commit/a64c3b37af9a6c8f8009d7516874b8d266b42bae