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CVE-2018-7225
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 6.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2018-02-19 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-190
Description
An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer through 0.9.11. rfbProcessClientNormalMessage() in rfbserver.c does not sanitize msg.cct.length, leading to access to uninitialized and potentially sensitive data or possibly unspecified other impact (e.g., an integer overflow) via specially crafted VNC packets.
Affected products
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 14.04, 16.04, 17.10
- Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
- LibVNCServer: through 0.9.11
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 7.0
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 7.0
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 7.6
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: 7.5, 7.6
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: 7.6
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 7.0
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/02/18/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103107
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1055
- https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/issues/218
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00035.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00032.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00028.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-05
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3618-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4547-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4573-1/
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