RHSA-2019:0059 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: libvncserver security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
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.