Every CVE Search/ Get API key

CVE-2020-14396

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. libvncclient/tls_openssl.c has a NULL...

7.5 HighFix available

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. libvncclient/tls_openssl.c has a NULL pointer dereference.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.64%Up 1.8 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. libvncclient/tls_openssl.c has a NULL pointer dereference.

Record
CVE-2020-14396
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-476
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. libvncclient/tls_openssl.c has a NULL pointer dereference.

Record
CVE-2020-14396
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-6535 No score

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. libvncclient/tls_openssl.c has a NULL pointer dereference.

Record
EUVD-2020-6535
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f7mr-g388-r763 7.5

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. libvncclient/tls_openssl.c has a NULL...

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. libvncclient/tls_openssl.c has a NULL pointer dereference.

Record
GHSA-f7mr-g388-r763
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-476
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.5

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. libvncclient/tls_openssl.c has a NULL pointer dereference.

Record
CVE-2020-14396
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-14396 7.5

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. libvncclient/tls_openssl.c has a NULL pointer dereference.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14396
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-14396 7.5

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. libvncclient/tls_openssl.c has a NULL pointer dereference.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14396
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4434-1 No score

libvncserver vulnerabilities

Ramin Farajpour Cami discovered that LibVNCServer incorrectly handled certain malformed unix socket names. A remote attacker could exploit this with a crafted socket name, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-20839)

It was discovered that LibVNCServer did not properly access byte-aligned data. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause LibVNCServer to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-20840)

Christian Beier discovered that LibVNCServer incorrectly handled anonymous TLS connections. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause LibVNCServer to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-14396)

It was discovered that LibVNCServer incorrectly handled region clipping. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause LibVNCServer to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-14397)

It was discovered that LibVNCServer did not properly reset incorrectly terminated TCP connections. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause an infinite loop, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-14398)

It was discovered that LibVNCServer did not properly access byte-aligned data. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause LibVNCServer to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-14399, CVE-2020-14400)

It was discovered that LibVNCServer incorrectly handled screen scaling on the server side. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause LibVNCServer to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-14401)

It was discovered that LibVNCServer incorrectly handled encodings. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause LibVNCServer to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-14402, CVE-2020-14403, CVE-2020-14404)

It was discovered that LibVNCServer incorrectly handled TextChat messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause LibVNCServer to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-14405)

Record
USN-4434-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libvncserver
Debian:12
before 0.9.13+dfsg-1
0.9.13+dfsg-1
libvncserver
Debian:13
before 0.9.13+dfsg-1
0.9.13+dfsg-1
libvncserver
Debian:14
before 0.9.13+dfsg-1
0.9.13+dfsg-1
x11vnc
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.9.13-1.1
None known
libvncserver
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
before 0.9.12+dfsg-9ubuntu0.2, plus listed versions
0.9.11+dfsg-1.30.9.12+dfsg-3ubuntu30.9.12+dfsg-60.9.12+dfsg-70.9.12+dfsg-80.9.12+dfsg-90.9.12+dfsg-9ubuntu0.1
0.9.12+dfsg-9ubuntu0.2
veyon
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.2.4+repack1-24.2.5+repack1-14.3.1+repack1-14.3.1+repack1-24.3.1+repack1-2build14.3.1+repack1-2build2
None known
veyon
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.5.3+repack1-1build14.5.3+repack1-1build2
None known
veyon
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.7.5+repack1-1build24.7.5+repack1-1ubuntu14.7.5+repack1-1ubuntu34.7.5+repack1-1ubuntu44.7.5+repack1-1ubuntu5
None known
veyon
Ubuntu:25.10
All versions, plus listed versions
4.7.5+repack1-1ubuntu64.7.5+repack1-1ubuntu74.9.7+repack1-1
None known
veyon
Ubuntu:26.10
All versions, plus listed versions
4.9.7+repack1-1build14.9.7+repack1-1.14.9.7+repack1-1.1build14.9.7+repack1-1.1build2
None known
veyon
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.9.7+repack1-14.9.7+repack1-1build1
None known
libvncserver
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.5, plus listed versions
0.9.10+dfsg-30.9.10+dfsg-3build10.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.10.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.20.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.30.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.4
0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.5
libvncserver
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
before 0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.3, plus listed versions
0.9.11+dfsg-10.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu10.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.10.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2
0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.3

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2020-14396 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Libvnc Project Libvncserver, published June 17, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.64%, the 85th percentile. Fixed in libvncserver 0.9.13+dfsg-1.

References

Show 15 moreShow less
MoveEnter Open