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libvncserver, veyon and 1 more products — security advisory
An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. libvncclient/rfbproto.c does not limit TextChat size.
- Products
- libvncserver, veyon, x11vnc
- Affected versions
- 0.9.10+dfsg-3, 0.9.10+dfsg-3build1, 0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.1, 0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.2, 0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.3, 0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.4, 0.9.11+dfsg-1, 0.9.11+dfsg-1.3, 0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1, 0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1, 0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2, 0.9.12+dfsg-3ubuntu3, 0.9.12+dfsg-6, 0.9.12+dfsg-7, 0.9.12+dfsg-8, 0.9.12+dfsg-9, 0.9.12+dfsg-9ubuntu0.1, 0.9.13-1.1, 4.2.4+repack1-2, 4.2.5+repack1-1, 4.3.1+repack1-1, 4.3.1+repack1-2, 4.3.1+repack1-2build1, 4.3.1+repack1-2build2, 4.5.3+repack1-1build1, 4.5.3+repack1-1build2, 4.7.5+repack1-1build2, 4.7.5+repack1-1ubuntu1, 4.7.5+repack1-1ubuntu3, 4.7.5+repack1-1ubuntu4, 4.7.5+repack1-1ubuntu5, 4.7.5+repack1-1ubuntu6, 4.7.5+repack1-1ubuntu7, 4.9.7+repack1-1, 4.9.7+repack1-1.1, 4.9.7+repack1-1.1build1, 4.9.7+repack1-1.1build2, 4.9.7+repack1-1build1
- Fixed versions
- 0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.5, 0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.3, 0.9.12+dfsg-9ubuntu0.2
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-14405
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:34 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. libvncclient/rfbproto.c does not limit TextChat size.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14405
x11vnc
Fixed versions: Not specified
libvncserver
Fixed versions: 0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.5
libvncserver
Fixed versions: 0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.3
libvncserver
Fixed versions: 0.9.12+dfsg-9ubuntu0.2
veyon
Fixed versions: Not specified
veyon
Fixed versions: Not specified
veyon
Fixed versions: Not specified
veyon
Fixed versions: Not specified
veyon
Fixed versions: Not specified
veyon
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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]
}
}
],
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"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
"CVE-2020-14405"
],
"references": [
"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-14405",
"https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/compare/LibVNCServer-0.9.12...LibVNCServer-0.9.13",
"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4434-1",
"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14405"
]
},
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{
"value": "CVE-2020-14405",
"evidence": "/upstream"
}
],
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"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 354008,
"published_at": "2020-06-17T16:15:00+00:00"
}