CVE-2018-7225
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
8.0
Description
An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer through 0.9.11. rfbProcessClientNormalMessage() in rfbserver.c does not sanitize msg.cct.length, leading to access to uninitialized and potentially sensitive data or possibly unspecified other impact (e.g., an integer overflow) via specially crafted VNC packets.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-7225
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7225.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 0.9.12-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0.9.11+dfsg-1.1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0.9.11+dfsg-1.1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0.9.11+dfsg-1.1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0.9.11+dfsg-1.1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0.9.11+dfsg-1.1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.