PT-2018-17959

CVE-2018-7226

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Published

2018-02-19

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Updated

2019-08-09

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CVSS 3.1
9.8
Critical
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LibVNC/vncterm versions through 0.9.10
Description An issue was discovered in the vcSetXCutTextProc() function in VNConsole.c, potentially causing integer overflow or unspecified other impact due to missing sanitization of the client-specified message length. This could be exploited via a specially crafted VNC packet.
Recommendations For versions through 0.9.10, consider restricting access to the vcSetXCutTextProc() function until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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