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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-14404

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. libvncserver/rre.c allows out-of-bounds access via encodings.

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CVE-2020-14404
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31 Oct 2026, 10:51 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-14404

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Jun 2020, 16:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. libvncserver/rre.c allows out-of-bounds access via encodings.

osv:CVE-2020-14404
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-14404",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-14404",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. libvncserver/rre.c allows out-of-bounds access via encodings.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-14404",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L"
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      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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                {
                  "fixed": "0a70095271d845d16a3ed17354841b01f33963ad"
                },
                {
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              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "LibVNCServer-0.9.11",
            "LibVNCServer-0.9.10",
            "LibVNCServer-0.9.9",
            "LibVNCServer-0.9.8",
            "X11VNC_0_9_12",
            "X11VNC_0_9_11",
            "X11VNC_0_9_10",
            "X11VNC_0_9_9",
            "X11VNC_0_9_8",
            "X11VNC_0_9_7",
            "X11VNC_REL_0_9_6",
            "X11VNC_REL_0_9_5",
            "X11VNC_REL_0_9_4"
          ],
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:51:49.988306157Z",
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        "https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/compare/LibVNCServer-0.9.12...LibVNCServer-0.9.13",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00035.html",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00045.html",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4434-1/",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4573-1/",
        "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-390195.pdf",
        "https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/commit/74e8a70f2c9a5248d6718ce443e07c7ed314dfff"
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383020,
  "published_at": "2020-06-17T16:15:12.29+00:00"
}