9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2018-20019
"LibVNC Heap Out-of-Bound Write Remote Code Execution"
Description

LibVNC before commit a83439b9fbe0f03c48eb94ed05729cb016f8b72f contains multiple heap out-of-bound write vulnerabilities in VNC client code that can result remote code execution

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 19, 2018, 4:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-20019 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Siemens simatic_itc1500_firmware
2 Siemens simatic_itc1500_pro_firmware
3 Siemens simatic_itc1900_firmware
4 Siemens simatic_itc1900_pro_firmware
5 Siemens simatic_itc2200_firmware
6 Siemens simatic_itc2200_pro_firmware
7 Siemens simatic_itc1500
8 Siemens simatic_itc1500_pro
9 Siemens simatic_itc1900
10 Siemens simatic_itc1900_pro
11 Siemens simatic_itc2200
12 Siemens simatic_itc2200_pro
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Libvnc_project libvncserver
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-20019.

URL Resource
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-390195.pdf Patch Third Party Advisory
https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2018/12/19/klcert-18-029-libvnc-multiple-heap-out-of-bound-vulnerabilities/ Broken Link
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00017.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-05 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3877-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4547-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4383 Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-390195.pdf Patch Third Party Advisory
https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2018/12/19/klcert-18-029-libvnc-multiple-heap-out-of-bound-vulnerabilities/ Broken Link
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00017.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-05 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3877-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4547-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4383 Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-20019 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-20019 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-390195.pdf
    Added Reference https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2018/12/19/klcert-18-029-libvnc-multiple-heap-out-of-bound-vulnerabilities/
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00017.html
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-05
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3877-1/
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4547-1/
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4383
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 31, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-390195.pdf No Types Assigned https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-390195.pdf Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2018/12/19/klcert-18-029-libvnc-multiple-heap-out-of-bound-vulnerabilities/ Third Party Advisory https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2018/12/19/klcert-18-029-libvnc-multiple-heap-out-of-bound-vulnerabilities/ Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-05 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-05 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4547-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4547-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_itc1500_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0.0.0 up to (excluding) 3.2.1.0 OR cpe:2.3:h:siemens:simatic_itc1500:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_itc1500_pro_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0.0.0 up to (excluding) 3.2.1.0 OR cpe:2.3:h:siemens:simatic_itc1500_pro:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_itc1900_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0.0.0 up to (excluding) 3.2.1.0 OR cpe:2.3:h:siemens:simatic_itc1900:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_itc1900_pro_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0.0.0 up to (excluding) 3.2.1.0 OR cpe:2.3:h:siemens:simatic_itc1900_pro:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_itc2200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0.0.0 up to (excluding) 3.2.1.0 OR cpe:2.3:h:siemens:simatic_itc2200:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_itc2200_pro_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0.0.0 up to (excluding) 3.2.1.0 OR cpe:2.3:h:siemens:simatic_itc2200_pro:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 14, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-390195.pdf [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 23, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 30, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4547-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 31, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-05 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 26, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3877-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3877-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4383 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4383 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 04, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4383 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 01, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3877-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2018/12/19/klcert-18-029-libvnc-multiple-heap-out-of-bound-vulnerabilities/ No Types Assigned https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2018/12/19/klcert-18-029-libvnc-multiple-heap-out-of-bound-vulnerabilities/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00017.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00017.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-787
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:libvnc_project:libvncserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.9.12
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 27, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00017.html [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-20019 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-20019 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

3.57 }} 0.25%

score

0.91470

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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