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CVE-2018-7225

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer through 0.9.11. rfbProcessClientNormalMessage() in...

9.8 CriticalFix available

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer through 0.9.11. rfbProcessClientNormalMessage() in rfbserver.c does not sanitize msg.cct.length, leading to access to uninitialized and potentially sensitive data or possibly unspecified other impact (e.g., an integer overflow) via specially crafted VNC packets.

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
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

6.11%Up 3.0 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer through 0.9.11. rfbProcessClientNormalMessage() in rfbserver.c does not sanitize msg.cct.length, leading to access to uninitialized and potentially sensitive data or possibly unspecified other impact (e.g., an integer overflow) via specially crafted VNC packets.

Record
CVE-2018-7225
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-190
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer through 0.9.11. rfbProcessClientNormalMessage() in rfbserver.c does not sanitize msg.cct.length, leading to access to uninitialized and potentially sensitive data or possibly unspecified other impact (e.g., an integer overflow) via specially crafted VNC packets.

Record
CVE-2018-7225
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-18964 No score

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer through 0.9.11. rfbProcessClientNormalMessage() in rfbserver.c does not sanitize msg.cct.length, leading to access to uninitialized and potentially sensitive data or possibly unspecified other impact (e.g., an integer overflow) via specially crafted VNC packets.

Record
EUVD-2018-18964
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2v5x-9xhg-52hm 9.8

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer through 0.9.11. rfbProcessClientNormalMessage() in...

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer through 0.9.11. rfbProcessClientNormalMessage() in rfbserver.c does not sanitize msg.cct.length, leading to access to uninitialized and potentially sensitive data or possibly unspecified other impact (e.g., an integer overflow) via specially crafted VNC packets.

Record
GHSA-2v5x-9xhg-52hm
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-190
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2018-7225 9.8

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer through 0.9.11. rfbProcessClientNormalMessage() in rfbserver.c does not sanitize msg.cct.length, leading to access to uninitialized and potentially sensitive data or possibly unspecified other impact (e.g., an integer overflow) via specially crafted VNC packets.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2018-7225
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 9.8

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer through 0.9.11. rfbProcessClientNormalMessage() in rfbserver.c does not sanitize msg.cct.length, leading to access to uninitialized and potentially sensitive data or possibly unspecified other impact (e.g., an integer overflow) via specially crafted VNC packets.

Record
CVE-2018-7225
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2018-7225 9.8

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer through 0.9.11. rfbProcessClientNormalMessage() in rfbserver.c does not sanitize msg.cct.length, leading to access to uninitialized and potentially sensitive data or possibly unspecified other impact (e.g., an integer overflow) via specially crafted VNC packets.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7225
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2018:1055 5.4

Red Hat Security Advisory: libvncserver security update

Record
RHSA-2018:1055
CVSS 3.0
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2018-7225 9.8

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer through 0.9.11. rfbProcessClientNormalMessage() in rfbserver.c does not sanitize msg.cct.length, leading to access to uninitialized and potentially sensitive data or possibly unspecified other impact (e.g., an integer overflow) via specially crafted VNC packets.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7225
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2018-0198 No score

Updated libvncserver packages fix security vulnerability

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer through 0.9.11. rfbProcessClientNormalMessage() in rfbserver.c does not sanitize msg.cct.length, leading to access to uninitialized and potentially sensitive data or possibly unspecified other impact (e.g., an integer overflow) via specially crafted VNC packets (CVE-2018-7225).

Record
MGASA-2018-0198
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2020-0242 No score

Updated vino packages fix security vulnerability

Updated vino packages fix security vulnerabilities:

The rfbProcessClientNormalMessage function in libvncserver/rfbserver.c in LibVNCServer did not properly handle attempts to send a large amount of ClientCutText data, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or daemon crash) via a crafted message that was processed by using a single unchecked malloc (CVE-2014-6053).

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer. rfbProcessClientNormalMessage() in rfbserver.c did not sanitize msg.cct.length, leading to access to uninitialized and potentially sensitive data or possibly unspecified other impact (e.g., an integer overflow) via specially crafted VNC packets (CVE-2018-7225).

LibVNC contained a memory leak in VNC server code, which allowed an attacker to read stack memory and could be abused for information disclosure. Combined with another vulnerability, it could be used to leak stack memory and bypass ASLR. This attack appeared to be exploitable via network connectivity (CVE-2019-15681).

The bundled libvncserver code in vino has been patched to fix these issues.

Record
MGASA-2020-0242
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2020-0435 No score

Updated italc packages fix security vulnerabilities

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer through 0.9.11. rfbProcessClientNormalMessage() in rfbserver.c does not sanitize msg.cct.length, leading to access to uninitialized and potentially sensitive data or possibly unspecified other impact (e.g., an integer overflow) via specially crafted VNC packets. (CVE-2018-7225)

LibVNC before commit 502821828ed00b4a2c4bef90683d0fd88ce495de contains heap out-of-bound write vulnerability in server code of file transfer extension that can result remote code execution. (CVE-2018-15127)

LibVNC before commit a83439b9fbe0f03c48eb94ed05729cb016f8b72f contains multiple heap out-of-bound write vulnerabilities in VNC client code that can result remote code execution. (CVE-2018-20019)

LibVNC before commit 7b1ef0ffc4815cab9a96c7278394152bdc89dc4d contains heap out-of-bound write vulnerability inside structure in VNC client code that can result remote code execution. (CVE-2018-20020)

LibVNC before commit c3115350eb8bb635d0fdb4dbbb0d0541f38ed19c contains a CWE-835: Infinite loop vulnerability in VNC client code. Vulnerability allows attacker to consume excessive amount of resources like CPU and RAM. (CVE-2018-20021)

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. (CVE-2018-20022)

LibVNC before 8b06f835e259652b0ff026898014fc7297ade858 contains CWE-665: Improper Initialization vulnerability in VNC Repeater 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. (CVE-2018-20023)

LibVNC before commit 4a21bbd097ef7c44bb000c3bd0907f96a10e4ce7 contains null pointer dereference in VNC client code that can result DoS. (CVE-2018-20024)

LibVNC before 0.9.12 contains multiple heap out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities in libvncclient/rfbproto.c. The fix for CVE-2018-20019 was incomplete. (CVE-2018-20748)

LibVNC before 0.9.12 contains a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in libvncserver/rfbserver.c. The fix for CVE-2018-15127 was incomplete. (CVE-2018-20749)

LibVNC through 0.9.12 contains a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in libvncserver/rfbserver.c. The fix for CVE-2018-15127 was incomplete. (CVE-2018-20750)

LibVNC commit before d01e1bb4246323ba6fcee3b82ef1faa9b1dac82a contains a memory leak (CWE-655) in VNC server code, which allow an attacker to read stack memory and can be abused for information disclosure. Combined with another vulnerability, it can be used to leak stack memory and bypass ASLR. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity. (CVE-2019-15681)

Record
MGASA-2020-0435
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10598-1 No score

LibVNCServer-devel-0.9.13-3.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the LibVNCServer-devel-0.9.13-3.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10598-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:0830-1 No score

Security update for LibVNCServer

LibVNCServer was updated to fix two security issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2018-7225: Missing input sanitization inside rfbserver.c rfbProcessClientNormalMessage() (bsc#1081493).
  • CVE-2016-9942: Heap-based buffer overflow in ultra.c allowed remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted FramebufferUpdate message with the Ultra type tile, such that the LZO payload decompressed length exceeds what is specified by the tile dimensions (bsc#1017712).
  • CVE-2016-9941: Heap-based buffer overflow in rfbproto.c allowed remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted FramebufferUpdate message containing a subrectangle outside of the client drawing area (bsc#1017711).
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:0830-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:0875-1 No score

Security update for LibVNCServer

This update for LibVNCServer fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2018-7225: Missing input sanitization inside rfbserver.c rfbProcessClientNormalMessage() (bsc#1081493).
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:0875-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3618-1 No score

libvncserver vulnerability

It was discovered that LibVNCServer incorrectly handled certain packet lengths. A remote attacker able to connect to a LibVNCServer could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.

Record
USN-3618-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4547-1 No score

italc vulnerabilities

It was discovered that an information disclosure vulnerability existed in the LibVNCServer vendored in iTALC when sending a ServerCutText message. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2019-15681)

It was discovered that the LibVNCServer and LibVNCClient vendored in iTALC incorrectly handled certain packet lengths. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-15127 CVE-2018-20019, CVE-2018-20020, CVE-2018-20021, CVE-2018-20022, CVE-2018-20023, CVE-2018-20024, CVE-2018-20748, CVE-2018-20749, CVE-2018-20750, CVE-2018-7225, CVE-2019-15681)

Record
USN-4547-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4573-1 No score

vino vulnerabilities

Nicolas Ruff discovered that Vino incorrectly handled large ClientCutText messages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the server to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-6053)

It was discovered that Vino incorrectly handled certain packet lengths. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-7225)

Pavel Cheremushkin discovered that an information disclosure vulnerability existed in Vino when sending a ServerCutText message. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2019-15681)

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

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

Record
USN-4573-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4587-1 No score

italc vulnerabilities

Nicolas Ruff discovered that iTALC had buffer overflows, divide-by-zero errors and didn't check malloc return values. A remote attacker could use these issues to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-6051, CVE-2014-6052, CVE-2014-6053, CVE-2014-6054, CVE-2014-6055)

Josef Gajdusek discovered that iTALC had heap-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities. A remote attacker could used these issues to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9941, CVE-2016-9942)

It was discovered that iTALC had an out-of-bounds write, multiple heap out-of-bounds writes, an infinite loop, improper initializations, and null pointer vulnerabilities. A remote attacker could used these issues to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-15127, CVE-2018-20019, CVE-2018-20020, CVE-2018-20021, CVE-2018-20022, CVE-2018-20023, CVE-2018-20024, CVE-2018-20748, CVE-2018-20749, CVE-2018-20750, CVE-2018-7225, CVE-2019-15681)

Record
USN-4587-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libvncserver
Alpine:v3.10
before 0.9.11-r2
0.9.11-r2
libvncserver
Alpine:v3.11
before 0.9.11-r2
0.9.11-r2
libvncserver
Alpine:v3.5
before 0.9.11-r1
0.9.11-r1
libvncserver
Alpine:v3.6
before 0.9.11-r1
0.9.11-r1
libvncserver
Alpine:v3.7
before 0.9.11-r2
0.9.11-r2
libvncserver
Alpine:v3.8
before 0.9.11-r2
0.9.11-r2
libvncserver
Alpine:v3.9
before 0.9.11-r2
0.9.11-r2
libvncserver
Debian:12
before 0.9.11+dfsg-1.1
0.9.11+dfsg-1.1
libvncserver
Debian:13
before 0.9.11+dfsg-1.1
0.9.11+dfsg-1.1
libvncserver
Debian:14
before 0.9.11+dfsg-1.1
0.9.11+dfsg-1.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
tightvnc
Debian:12
before 1:1.3.9-9.1
1:1.3.9-9.1
tightvnc
Debian:13
before 1:1.3.9-9.1
1:1.3.9-9.1
tightvnc
Debian:14
before 1:1.3.9-9.1
1:1.3.9-9.1
vino
Debian:12
before 3.22.0-6
3.22.0-6
libvncserver
Debian:7
before 0.9.9+dfsg-1+deb7u3, plus listed versions
0.9.9+dfsg-10.9.9+dfsg-1+deb7u10.9.9+dfsg-1+deb7u2
0.9.9+dfsg-1+deb7u3
italc
Debian:8
before 1:2.0.2+dfsg1-2+deb8u1, plus listed versions
1:2.0.2+dfsg1-2
1:2.0.2+dfsg1-2+deb8u1
vino
Debian:8
before 3.14.0-2+deb8u1, plus listed versions
3.14.0-2
3.14.0-2+deb8u1
tightvnc
Debian:8
before 1.3.9-6.5+deb8u1, plus listed versions
1.3.9-6.5
1.3.9-6.5+deb8u1
libvncserver
Debian:8
before 0.9.9+dfsg2-6.1+deb8u3, plus listed versions
0.9.9+dfsg-6.10.9.9+dfsg2-6.1+deb8u10.9.9+dfsg2-6.1+deb8u2
0.9.9+dfsg2-6.1+deb8u3
libvncserver
Debian:9
before 0.9.11+dfsg-1+deb9u1, plus listed versions
0.9.11+dfsg-1
0.9.11+dfsg-1+deb9u1
libvncserver
Mageia:5
before 0.9.10-1.3.mga5
0.9.10-1.3.mga5
libvncserver
Mageia:6
before 0.9.11-1.1.mga6
0.9.11-1.1.mga6
vino
Mageia:7
before 3.22.0-3.1.mga7
3.22.0-3.1.mga7
italc
Mageia:7
before 3.0.3-3.1.mga7
3.0.3-3.1.mga7
libvncserver
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 0:0.9.9-12.el7_5
0:0.9.9-12.el7_5
libvncserver-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 0:0.9.9-12.el7_5
0:0.9.9-12.el7_5
libvncserver-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 0:0.9.9-12.el7_5
0:0.9.9-12.el7_5
libvncserver
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:0.9.9-12.el7_5
0:0.9.9-12.el7_5
libvncserver-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:0.9.9-12.el7_5
0:0.9.9-12.el7_5
libvncserver-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:0.9.9-12.el7_5
0:0.9.9-12.el7_5
libvncserver
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:0.9.9-12.el7_5
0:0.9.9-12.el7_5
libvncserver-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:0.9.9-12.el7_5
0:0.9.9-12.el7_5
libvncserver-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 0:0.9.9-12.el7_5
0:0.9.9-12.el7_5
LibVNCServer
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
before 0.9.9-17.5.1
0.9.9-17.5.1
LibVNCServer
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
before 0.9.9-17.5.1
0.9.9-17.5.1
LibVNCServer
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
before 0.9.9-17.5.1
0.9.9-17.5.1
LibVNCServer
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
before 0.9.9-17.5.1
0.9.9-17.5.1
LibVNCServer
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
before 0.9.9-17.5.1
0.9.9-17.5.1
LibVNCServer
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
before 0.9.9-17.5.1
0.9.9-17.5.1
LibVNCServer
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
before 0.9.9-17.5.1
0.9.9-17.5.1
LibVNCServer
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
before 0.9.1-160.3.1
0.9.1-160.3.1
LibVNCServer
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
before 0.9.1-160.3.1
0.9.1-160.3.1
LibVNCServer
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
before 0.9.1-160.3.1
0.9.1-160.3.1
libvncserver
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1.3, plus listed versions
0.9.9+dfsg-10.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu10.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1.10.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2
0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1.3
tightvnc
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
before 1.3.9-6.5+deb8u1build0.14.04.1~esm1, plus listed versions
1.3.9-6.41.3.9-6.4ubuntu1
1.3.9-6.5+deb8u1build0.14.04.1~esm1
italc
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 1:2.0.2+dfsg1-4ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions
1:2.0.2+dfsg1-31:2.0.2+dfsg1-4
1:2.0.2+dfsg1-4ubuntu0.1
libvncserver
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.2, plus listed versions
0.9.10+dfsg-30.9.10+dfsg-3build10.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.1
0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.2
vino
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 3.8.1-0ubuntu9.3, plus listed versions
3.8.1-0ubuntu63.8.1-0ubuntu73.8.1-0ubuntu83.8.1-0ubuntu93.8.1-0ubuntu9.13.8.1-0ubuntu9.2
3.8.1-0ubuntu9.3
tightvnc
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.3.10-0ubuntu21.3.10-0ubuntu3
None known
italc
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
before 1:3.0.3+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions
1:3.0.3+dfsg1-11:3.0.3+dfsg1-21:3.0.3+dfsg1-2build11:3.0.3+dfsg1-2ubuntu11:3.0.3+dfsg1-3
1:3.0.3+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1
vino
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
before 3.22.0-3ubuntu1.1, plus listed versions
3.8.1-0ubuntu123.22.0-2ubuntu13.22.0-3ubuntu1
3.22.0-3ubuntu1.1
tightvnc
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.3.10-0ubuntu31.3.10-0ubuntu4
None known
vino
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
before 3.22.0-5ubuntu2.1, plus listed versions
3.22.0-5ubuntu2
3.22.0-5ubuntu2.1
tightvnc
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.3.10-0ubuntu5
None known
tightvnc
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1:1.3.10-31:1.3.10-5
None known
tightvnc
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1:1.3.10-71:1.3.10-7build11:1.3.10-7build21:1.3.10-8
None known
tightvnc
Ubuntu:25.10
All versions, plus listed versions
1:1.3.10-91:1.3.10-10
None known
tightvnc
Ubuntu:26.10
All versions, plus listed versions
1:1.3.10-10build11:1.3.10-11
None known
tightvnc
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1:1.3.10-101:1.3.10-10build1
None known

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-2018-7225 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Libvncserver Project Libvncserver, published February 19, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.11%, the 93rd percentile. Fixed in libvncserver 0.9.11-r2.

References

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