CVE-2018-20024 Null dereference in LibVNC

What is CVE-2018-20024?

CVE-2018-20024 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 19 Dec 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

LibVNC before commit 4a21bbd097ef7c44bb000c3bd0907f96a10e4ce7 contains null pointer dereference in VNC client code that can result DoS.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-20024?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Libvnc Project Libvncserver.

How do I fix CVE-2018-20024?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2018-20024 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-20024 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20024, GHSA-4834-x9v4-h8m7, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20024.