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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-21247

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. There is an information leak (of uninitialized memory contents) in the libvncclient/rfbproto.c ConnectToRFBRepeater function.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:49 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-21247

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Jun 2020, 16:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. There is an information leak (of uninitialized memory contents) in the libvncclient/rfbproto.c ConnectToRFBRepeater function.

osv:CVE-2018-21247
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-21247",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-21247",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. There is an information leak (of uninitialized memory contents) in the libvncclient/rfbproto.c ConnectToRFBRepeater function.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-21247",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
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                {
                  "last_affected": "0a70095271d845d16a3ed17354841b01f33963ad"
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            "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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      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
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        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NVP7TJVYJDXDFRHVQ3ENEN3H354QPXEZ/",
        "https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/issues/253",
        "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-390195.pdf",
        "https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/compare/LibVNCServer-0.9.12...LibVNCServer-0.9.13"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379993,
  "published_at": "2020-06-17T16:15:11.367+00:00"
}