CVE-2020-14400 Other in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

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.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14400, GHSA-36w6-3wpq-3xq2, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14400.

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