CVE-2018-20019
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 19, 2018 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:52 AM UTC
15 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxLibVNCServer
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 9%
Description
LibVNC before commit a83439b9fbe0f03c48eb94ed05729cb016f8b72f contains multiple heap out-of-bound write vulnerabilities in VNC client code 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 a83439b9fbe0f03c48eb94ed05729cb016f8b72f
Affected range stops below 0.9.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
3.0.0.0 ≤ v < 3.2.1.0
Affected range stops below 3.2.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
siemens-simatic-itc1500 (same device)
3.0.0.0 ≤ v < 3.2.1.0
Affected range stops below 3.2.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
siemens-simatic-itc1500-pro (same device)
3.0.0.0 ≤ v < 3.2.1.0
Affected range stops below 3.2.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
siemens-simatic-itc1900 (same device)
3.0.0.0 ≤ v < 3.2.1.0
Affected range stops below 3.2.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
siemens-simatic-itc1900-pro (same device)
3.0.0.0 ≤ v < 3.2.1.0
Affected range stops below 3.2.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
siemens-simatic-itc2200 (same device)
3.0.0.0 ≤ v < 3.2.1.0
Affected range stops below 3.2.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
siemens-simatic-itc2200-pro (same device)
Simatic Itc1500· Siemensdevice
80%All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-390195.pdfMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00017.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-05Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3877-1/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4547-1/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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