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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-21247

There is an information leak (of uninitialized memory contents) in the libvncclient/rfbproto.c ConnectToRFBRepeater function.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.36%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. There is an information leak (of uninitialized memory contents) in the libvncclient/rfbproto.c ConnectToRFBRepeater function.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
2.36% probability · 83th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-909
Affected
libvnc project/libvncserver · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · siemens/simatic itc1500 firmware · siemens/simatic itc1500 pro firmware · siemens/simatic itc1900 firmware · siemens/simatic itc1900 pro firmware · siemens/simatic itc2200 firmware · siemens/simatic itc2200 pro firmware · opensuse/leap
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.