CVE-2018-15126
N/A
Published: December 19, 2018 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:42 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxLibVNCServer
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 12%
Description
LibVNC before commit 73cb96fec028a576a5a24417b57723b55854ad7b contains heap use-after-free vulnerability in server code of file transfer extension that can result remote code execution
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 0.9.12commit 73cb96fec028a576a5a24417b57723b55854ad7b
Affected range stops below 0.9.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2018/12/19/klcert-18-027-libvnc-heap-use-after-free/Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00029.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3877-1/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4383Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416
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