CVE-2020-14398

moderate-risk
Published 2020-06-17

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. An improperly closed TCP connection causes an infinite loop in libvncclient/sockets.c.

Do I need to act?

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2.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (16)

Affected Vendors

Debian Siemens Canonical Opensuse Libvnc Project

References (14)

Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00033.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00055.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00066.html
Patch https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-390195.pdf
Patch https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/commit/57433015f856cc12753378254ce4f1c78f...
Release Notes https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/compare/LibVNCServer-0.9.12...LibVNCServe...
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4434-1/
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00033.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00055.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00066.html
Patch https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-390195.pdf
Patch https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/commit/57433015f856cc12753378254ce4f1c78f...
Release Notes https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/compare/LibVNCServer-0.9.12...LibVNCServe...
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4434-1/
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moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 5/34 · Minimal
Exposure 18/34 · Moderate