CVE-2018-20022

libvncserver: Improper initialization in VNC client code allows for information disclosure

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.4

CVSS 3.0

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Published · December 19, 2018

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

LibVNC before 2f5b2ad1c6c99b1ac6482c95844a84d66bb52838 contains multiple weaknesses CWE-665: Improper Initialization vulnerability in VNC client code that allows attacker to read stack memory and can be abuse for information disclosure. Combined with another vulnerability, it can be used to leak stack memory layout and in bypassing ASLR

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.4
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

CWE-665 · Improper Initialization