Is CVE-2018-20021 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-20021 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-20021?

CVE-2018-20021 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-20021?

CVE-2018-20021 has an EPSS score of 3.52% (88th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-20021?

Upgrade libvncserver on debian 11 to 0.9.11+dfsg-1.2 or later. Fixes are available for 10 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-20021

HIGHEPSS 88th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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

CWE-835

How to fix

Remediation Available

libvncserverDebian

Fixed in:0.9.11+dfsg-1.2CVE-2018-20021

italcUbuntu

Fixed in:1:2.0.2+dfsg1-4ubuntu0.1USN-4587-1

Fixed in:1:3.0.3+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1USN-4547-1

italc-clientUbuntu

Fixed in:1:2.0.2+dfsg1-4ubuntu0.1USN-4587-1

Fixed in:1:3.0.3+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1USN-4547-1

italc-masterUbuntu

Fixed in:1:2.0.2+dfsg1-4ubuntu0.1USN-4587-1

Fixed in:1:3.0.3+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1USN-4547-1

libitalccoreUbuntu

Fixed in:1:2.0.2+dfsg1-4ubuntu0.1USN-4587-1

Fixed in:1:3.0.3+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1USN-4547-1

libvncclient1Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.3USN-3877-1

Fixed in:0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1USN-3877-1

libvncserverUbuntu

Fixed in:0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1.4USN-3877-1

Fixed in:0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.3USN-3877-1

Fixed in:0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1USN-3877-1

libvncserver0Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1.4USN-3877-1

libvncserver1Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.3USN-3877-1

Fixed in:0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1USN-3877-1

ssvncUbuntu

Fixed in:1.0.29-2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1USN-4547-2

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

3.52%probability of exploitation in 30 days

88thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 88% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory4

Other references8

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-835 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-13935	High	7.5	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-36227	High	7.5	78%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-0778	High	7.5	71%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-14241	High	7.5	70%	-	-
CVE-2017-16944	High	7.5	63%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-20353	High	8.6	63%	KEV	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.