CVE-2018-20020
Estado: ModificadaCrítica (9.8)—
LibVNC before commit 7b1ef0ffc4815cab9a96c7278394152bdc89dc4d contains heap out-of-bound write vulnerability inside structure in VNC client code that can result remote code execution
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 9.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 8.62%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 95
- Fecha de la puntuación: 3/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (3)
CWE
- CWE-787
Referencias
- https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2018/12/19/klcert-18-030-libvnc-heap-out-of-bound-write/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00017.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00033.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-05
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-06
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3877-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4547-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4547-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4383
- https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2018/12/19/klcert-18-030-libvnc-heap-out-of-bound-write/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00017.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00033.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-05
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-06
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3877-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4547-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4547-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4383
JSON original (NVD)
Mostrar
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