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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-06-30T11:00:01

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:45:24.570Z

Reserved: 2020-06-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-18922

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-06-30T11:15:10.380

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:41:59.110

Link: CVE-2017-18922

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2017-02-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-18922 - Bugzilla