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CVE-2018-7226

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—

An issue was discovered in vcSetXCutTextProc() in VNConsole.c in LinuxVNC and VNCommand from the LibVNC/vncterm distribution through 0.9.10. Missing sanitization of the client-specified message length may cause integer overflow or possibly have unspecified other impact via a specially crafted VNC packet.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Vncterm Project — Vncterm

CWEs

References

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