CVE-2018-20022
LibVNC before 2f5b2ad1c6c99b1ac6482c95844a84d66bb52838 contains multiple weaknesses CWE-665: Improper Initialization vulnerability in VNC client code that allows attacker to read stack memory and can be abuse for information disclosure.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.94%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
LibVNC before 2f5b2ad1c6c99b1ac6482c95844a84d66bb52838 contains multiple weaknesses CWE-665: Improper Initialization vulnerability in VNC client code that allows attacker to read stack memory and can be abuse for information disclosure. Combined with another vulnerability, it can be used to leak stack memory layout and in bypassing ASLR
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.94% probability · 87th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-665
- Affected
- libvnc project/libvncserver · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- vulnerability@kaspersky.com
EPSS 2.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2018/12/19/klcert-18-032-libvnc-multiple-memory-leaks/Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00033.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00028.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-05
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-06
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3877-1/Third Party Advisory
- 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-4383Third Party Advisory
- https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2018/12/19/klcert-18-032-libvnc-multiple-memory-leaks/Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00033.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00028.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-05
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-06
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3877-1/Third Party Advisory
- 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-4383Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.