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01 Record

CVE-2018-20021

LibVNC before commit c3115350eb8bb635d0fdb4dbbb0d0541f38ed19c contains a CWE-835: Infinite loop vulnerability in VNC client code. Vulnerability allows attacker to consume excessive amount of resources

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: Kaspersky
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

LibVNC before commit c3115350eb8bb635d0fdb4dbbb0d0541f38ed19c contains a CWE-835: Infinite loop vulnerability in VNC client code. Vulnerability allows attacker to consume excessive amount of resources

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
3.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 88.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2018-12-19 16:00Z7 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-05 11:51Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2018-12-10
Assigning CNA
Kaspersky
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base
  • CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
124d30758ca6dce3aeb102d30b102b21c747532501ec96f83be8c38eaf08fd1c

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
n/aLibVNCcommit c3115350eb8bb635d0fdb4dbbb0d0541f38ed19c—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • libvncserver
    Fixed in 0.9.11+dfsg-1.2
  • ssvnc
    Fixed in 1.0.29-5
  • tightvnc
    Fixed in 1:1.3.9-9.1
  • veyon
    Fixed in 4.1.4+repack1-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • libvncserver
    Fixed in 0.9.11+dfsg-1.2
  • ssvnc
    Fixed in 1.0.29-5
  • tightvnc
    Fixed in 1:1.3.9-9.1
  • veyon
    Fixed in 4.1.4+repack1-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • libvncserver
    Fixed in 0.9.11+dfsg-1.2
  • ssvnc
    Fixed in 1.0.29-5
  • tightvnc
    Fixed in 1:1.3.9-9.1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

  • libvncserver
    Fixed in 0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1.4

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • italc
    Fixed in 1:2.0.2+dfsg1-4ubuntu0.1
  • libvncserver
    Fixed in 0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.3
  • ssvnc
    Fixed in 1.0.29-2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
  • tightvnc
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • italc
    Fixed in 1:3.0.3+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1
  • libvncserver
    Fixed in 0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1
  • ssvnc
    No fix yet
  • tightvnc
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

  • tightvnc
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

  • tightvnc
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

  • tightvnc
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 25.10

  • tightvnc
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

  • tightvnc
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 26.10

  • tightvnc
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS

  • tightvnc
    Fixed in 1.3.9-6.5+deb8u1build0.14.04.1~esm1
    Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.