ubuntu-cve-2020-14399
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-06-17 16:15
Modified
2026-04-22 07:39
Summary
Details

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. Byte-aligned data is accessed through uint32_t pointers in libvncclient/rfbproto.c. NOTE: there is reportedly "no trust boundary crossed.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libvncclient1",
            "binary_version": "0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libvncserver-config",
            "binary_version": "0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libvncserver1",
            "binary_version": "0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.5"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "libvncserver",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libvncserver@0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.5?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.5"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libvncclient1",
            "binary_version": "0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libvncserver-config",
            "binary_version": "0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libvncserver1",
            "binary_version": "0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.3"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "libvncserver",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libvncserver@0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.3?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.9.11+dfsg-1",
        "0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
        "0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1",
        "0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libvncclient1",
            "binary_version": "0.9.12+dfsg-9ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libvncserver1",
            "binary_version": "0.9.12+dfsg-9ubuntu0.2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "libvncserver",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libvncserver@0.9.12+dfsg-9ubuntu0.2?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.9.12+dfsg-9ubuntu0.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.9.11+dfsg-1.3",
        "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. Byte-aligned data is accessed through uint32_t pointers in libvncclient/rfbproto.c. NOTE: there is reportedly \"no trust boundary crossed.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14399",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:39:26Z",
  "published": "2020-06-17T16:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-14399"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/compare/LibVNCServer-0.9.12...LibVNCServer-0.9.13"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4434-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14399"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-4434-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2020-14399"
  ]
}



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