19 December 2018
KLCERT-18-026: LibVNC Heap Use-After-Free
Vendor
LibVNC
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CVE-IDS
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KLCERT
KLCERT-18-026
Timeline
Timeline
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Kaspersky ICS CERT advisory updated
26 January 2024
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Kaspersky ICS CERT advisory published
19 December 2018
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Vendor releases patch
October 2018
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Vulnerability reported
14 August 2018
Description
CVSS v3
Exploitability
Remotely
Attack complexity
User interaction
Attack conditions
The security vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker with network access to the affected systems. LibVNCServer tight file transfer extension should be enabled to trigger the mentioned vulnerability. Successful exploitation requires user privileges.
Impact
Existence of exploit
PoC
Affected products
LibVNCServer before the 0.9.12 release
Mitigation
Vendor mitigation
Update LibVNCServer to the 0.9.12 release or newer.
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