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libvncserver, veyon — security advisory
LibVNC before 0.9.12 contains multiple heap out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities in libvncclient/rfbproto.c. The fix for CVE-2018-20019 was incomplete.
- Products
- libvncserver, veyon
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.9.11+dfsg-1.3, 4.1.7+repack1-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-20748
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:12 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
LibVNC before 0.9.12 contains multiple heap out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities in libvncclient/rfbproto.c. The fix for CVE-2018-20019 was incomplete.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20748
libvncserver
Fixed versions: 0.9.11+dfsg-1.3
libvncserver
Fixed versions: 0.9.11+dfsg-1.3
libvncserver
Fixed versions: 0.9.11+dfsg-1.3
veyon
Fixed versions: 4.1.7+repack1-1
veyon
Fixed versions: 4.1.7+repack1-1
Complete source record
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