CVE-2020-14400 Other in n/a
LibVNCServer contains an unaligned memory access issue in translation code, though third parties dispute its exploitability as a security vulnerability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-14400?
CVE-2020-14400 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. Byte-aligned data is accessed through uint16_t pointers in libvncserver/translate.c. NOTE: Third parties do not consider this to be a vulnerability as there is no known path of exploitation or cross of a trust boundary
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14400?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Libvncserver Project Libvncserver, Opensuse Leap.
How do I fix CVE-2020-14400?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2020-14400 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14400 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14400, GHSA-36w6-3wpq-3xq2, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14400.