Critical
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
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-20748
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:10 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:CVE-2018-20748
Complete source record
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