CVE-2020-14398

HIGH

Libvncserver < 0.9.12 - Infinite Loop

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. An improperly closed TCP connection causes an infinite loop in libvncclient/sockets.c.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00033.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00055.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00066.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4434-1/
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-390195.pdf

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0227
EPSS Percentile 84.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-835
Status published
Products (15)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04 (2 CPE variants)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 20.04
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
libvnc_project/libvncserver < 0.9.12
opensuse/leap 15.2
siemens/simatic_itc1500_firmware 3.0.0.0 - 3.2.1.0
... and 5 more
Published Jun 17, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026