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CVE-2018-20021
LibVNC before commit c3115350eb8bb635d0fdb4dbbb0d0541f38ed19c contains a CWE-835: Infinite loop vulnerability in VNC client code.…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 3.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
LibVNC before commit c3115350eb8bb635d0fdb4dbbb0d0541f38ed19c contains a CWE-835: Infinite loop vulnerability in VNC client code. Vulnerability allows attacker to consume excessive amount of resources like CPU and RAM
Timeline
ID reserved
By Kaspersky
- 9 days later
· 9 days later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
LibVNC
- affected commit c3115350eb8bb635d0fdb4dbbb0d0541f38ed19c
References
References12
- DSA-4383 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20181227 [SECURITY] [DLA 1617-1] libvncserver security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2018/12/19/klcert-18-031-libvnc-infinite-loop/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-3877-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- GLSA-201908-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20191030 [SECURITY] [DLA 1979-1] italc security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20191129 [SECURITY] [DLA 2016-1] ssvnc security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20191221 [SECURITY] [DLA 2045-1] tightvnc security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-202006-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- USN-4547-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4547-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4587-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-12599 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2018-20021)Record last updated .