Bug 1671403 (CVE-2018-20749) - CVE-2018-20749 libvncserver: Heap out-of-bounds write in rfbserver.c in rfbProcessFileTransferReadBuffer() allows for potential code execution (Incomplete fix for CVE-2018-15127)
Summary: CVE-2018-20749 libvncserver: Heap out-of-bounds write in rfbserver.c in rfbPr...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2018-20749
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1661115 1661116
Blocks: 1661105
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-01-31 14:29 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2020-04-27 17:57 UTC (History)
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A flaw was found in libvncserver. An incomplete fix for CVE-2018-15127 leaves open an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in code for the file transfer extension. This vulnerability can be remotely exploited. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
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Last Closed: 2019-06-10 10:47:08 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2019-01-31 14:29:24 UTC 
LibVNC before 0.9.12 contains a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in libvncserver/rfbserver.c. The fix for CVE-2018-15127 was incomplete.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/commit/15bb719c03cc70f14c36a843dcb16ed69b405707

Upstream issue:

https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/issues/273
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2019-01-31 14:34:26 UTC 
Created libvncserver tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1661116]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1661115]
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