CVE - CVE-2017-18922

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-18922	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
It was discovered that websockets.c in LibVNCServer prior to 0.9.12 did not properly decode certain WebSocket frames. A malicious attacker could exploit this by sending specially crafted WebSocket frames to a server, causing a heap-based buffer overflow.
References
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CONFIRM:https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-390195.pdf FEDORA:FEDORA-2020-1a4b1c8271 URL:https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4F6FUH4EFK4NAP6GT4TQRTBKWIRCZLIY/ FEDORA:FEDORA-2020-37112ac660 URL:https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NVP7TJVYJDXDFRHVQ3ENEN3H354QPXEZ/ MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1852356 MISC:https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/commit/aac95a9dcf4bbba87b76c72706c3221a842ca433 MISC:https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/30/2 MLIST:[oss-security] 20200630 Re: libvncserver: old websocket decoding patch URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/30/3 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2020:0960 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00020.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2020:0978 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00028.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2020:0988 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00033.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2020:1025 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00055.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2020:1056 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00066.html UBUNTU:USN-4407-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/4407-1/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20200630	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20200630)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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