What is CVE-2020-29260?

CVE-2020-29260 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libvncserver_project Libvncserver, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-09-02.

How severe is CVE-2020-29260?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-29260 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in Libvncserver_project Libvncserver

CVE-2020-29260

libvncclient v0.9.13 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the function rfbClientCleanup().

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.009 (57.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Libvncserver_project Libvncserver — versions 0.9.13
Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Live-Hack-CVE/CVE-2020-29260

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-29260?: CVE-2020-29260 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libvncserver_project Libvncserver, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-09-02.
How severe is CVE-2020-29260?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-29260 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.