CVE-2018-6307 (GCVE-0-2018-6307)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-12-19 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 06:01
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
LibVNC before commit ca2a5ac02fbbadd0a21fabba779c1ea69173d10b contains heap use-after-free vulnerability in server code of file transfer extension that can result remote code execution.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CWE
- Heap Use-After-Free
Assigner
References
5 references
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|---|---|
| https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4383 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3877-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Impacted products
Date Public
2018-12-19 00:00
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