CVE-2020-14397 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2020-14397?

CVE-2020-14397 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 17 Jun 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. libvncserver/rfbregion.c has a NULL pointer dereference.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14397?

It affects 10 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Libvnc Project Libvncserver, Opensuse Leap, Siemens Simatic Itc1500 Firmware, Siemens Simatic Itc1500 Pro Firmware and 4 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-14397?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2020-14397 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14397 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• 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
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14397, GHSA-q22w-mmf2-x3mr, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14397.