RHSA-2019:0059 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: libvncserver security update

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 7

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · January 15, 2019

Updated · June 25, 2026

Topic

An update for libvncserver is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

LibVNCServer is a C library that enables you to implement VNC server functionality into own programs.

Security Fix(es):

  • libvncserver: Heap out-of-bounds write in rfbserver.c in rfbProcessFileTransferReadBuffer() allows for potential code execution (CVE-2018-15127)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Related CVEs

RHSA-2019:0059 — Red Hat Security Advisory: libvncserver security update | PulseLinux