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.
CVE-2020-14399
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5HIGHmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 39EG Risk 39/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation3% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 2.8%
- EPSS %ILE
- 86th
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation none (no KEV listing, exploit record or EPSS ≥ 50%) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact partial (CVSS below 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
June 17, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (18)
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00033.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00055.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00066.html
- cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1860354
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/commit/23e5cbe6b090d7f22982aee909a6a618174d3c2d
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/compare/LibVNCServer-0.9.12...LibVNCServer-0.9.13
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00035.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00045.html
- cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4434-1/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00033.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00055.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00066.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1860354
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/commit/23e5cbe6b090d7f22982aee909a6a618174d3c2d
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/compare/LibVNCServer-0.9.12...LibVNCServer-0.9.13
Patch Availability(1)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libvncserver1 (0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.5) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(6 across 6 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
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| libvncserver | — |
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Debian:12(1)
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| libvncserver | — |
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Debian:8(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libvncserver | 0.9.9+dfsg-6.1 ... 0.9.9+dfsg2-6.1+deb8u7 (8 versions) |
| — |
Debian:9(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libvncserver | 0.9.11+dfsg-1 ... 0.9.11+dfsg-1.3~deb9u4 (8 versions) |
| — |
All Vendor Advisories
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