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CVE-2018-15127 in the critical feed json

LibVNC before commit 502821828ed00b4a2c4bef90683d0fd88ce495de contains heap out-of-bound write vulnerability in server code of file transfe…

published 2018-12-19 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-7008

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
15.1%
EPSS 15.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

LibVNC before commit 502821828ed00b4a2c4bef90683d0fd88ce495de contains heap out-of-bound write vulnerability in server code of file transfer extension that can result remote code execution

Patch / fix

  • libvnc_project libvncserver 0.9.12
  • libvncserver Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.9.11+dfsg-1.2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15127

  • italc Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1:2.0.2+dfsg1-4ubuntu0.1
  • italc Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1:3.0.3+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1
  • libvncserver Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1.4
  • libvncserver Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.3
  • libvncserver Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15127

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  • libvncserver RHEL 7 0.9.9-13.el7_6

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:0059

  • LibVNCServer SLES 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +11 more 0.9.9-17.8.1
  • LibVNCServer SLE Workstation Extension 15, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 0.9.10-4.3.1
  • LibVNCServer SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP3-TERADATA +3 more 0.9.1-160.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:0060-2SUSE-SU-2019:0080-1SUSE-SU-2019:13927-1SUSE-SU-2019:0060-1

  • LibVNCServer openSUSE Leap 15.0 0.9.10-lp150.3.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2019:0053-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-15127 updated cvss 7.5

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

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libvncserver
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) libvncserver 0.9.9-13.el7_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) libvncserver-devel 0.9.9-13.el7_6, libvncserver-debuginfo 0.9.9-13.el7_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) libvncserver 0.9.9-13.el7_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) libvncserver-devel 0.9.9-13.el7_6, libvncserver-debuginfo 0.9.9-13.el7_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) libvncserver 0.9.9-13.el7_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) libvncserver-devel 0.9.9-13.el7_6, libvncserver-debuginfo 0.9.9-13.el7_6
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) libvncserver 0.9.9-13.el7_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) libvncserver-devel 0.9.9-13.el7_6, libvncserver-debuginfo 0.9.9-13.el7_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:0059
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 libvncserver
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

15.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a LibVNC

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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