Name: CVE-2020-29260: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2022-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2020-29260, CWE-400, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.00224

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

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade libvncserver	Aug 22, 2024	Sep 2, 2022
Amazon Linux Ami 2	—	Upgrade libvncserverUpgrade libvncserver-debuginfoUpgrade libvncserver-devel	Jul 27, 2023	Sep 2, 2022
Debian	—	Upgrade libvncserver	Oct 3, 2022	Sep 2, 2022
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Sep 2, 2022
Suse	—	Upgrade libvncserver0Upgrade LibVNCServer-develUpgrade libvncserver1Upgrade libvncclient1Upgrade libvncclient0	Aug 9, 2024	Sep 2, 2022
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade libvncclient1Upgrade libvncserver1	Jun 24, 2026	Jun 23, 2026

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CVSS Details

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