High
Security advisory
An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. Byte-aligned data is accessed through uint16_t pointers in libvncserver/translate.c. NOTE: Third parties do not consider this to be a vulnerability as there is no known path of exploitation or cross of a trust boundary
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-14400
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 12:33 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. Byte-aligned data is accessed through uint16_t pointers in libvncserver/translate.c. NOTE: Third parties do not consider this to be a vulnerability as there is no known path of exploitation or cross of a trust boundary
osv:CVE-2020-14400
Complete source record
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