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CVE-2018-7225
An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer through 0.9.11. rfbProcessClientNormalMessage() in rfbserver.c does not sanitize msg.cct.length,…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 6.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer through 0.9.11. rfbProcessClientNormalMessage() in rfbserver.c does not sanitize msg.cct.length, leading to access to uninitialized and potentially sensitive data or possibly unspecified other impact (e.g., an integer overflow) via specially crafted VNC packets.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
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 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.1% · top 6.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
14
- DSA-4221 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-3618-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/issues/218 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180330 [SECURITY] [DLA 1332-1] libvncserver security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 103107 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/02/18/1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1055 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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 2014-1] vino 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
- USN-4547-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4573-1 (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-2018-18964 (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-2018-7225)Record last updated .