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CVE-2020-29074
published 2020-11-25

CVE-2020-29074: scan.c in x11vnc 0.9.16 uses IPC_CREAT|0777 in shmget calls, which allows access by actors other than the current user.

PriorityP351high8.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.76%
75.7th percentile
scan.c in x11vnc 0.9.16 uses IPC_CREAT|0777 in shmget calls, which allows access by actors other than the current user.

Affected

11 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debiandebian_linux——
debiandebian_linux——
debianx11vnc< x11vnc 0.9.16-5 (bookworm)x11vnc 0.9.16-5 (bookworm)
fedoraprojectfedora——
fedoraprojectfedora——
fedoraprojectfedora——
x11vnc_projectx11vnc——
x11vnc_projectx11vnc>= 0 < 0.9.16-50.9.16-5
x11vnc_projectx11vnc>= 0 < 0.9.16-50.9.16-5
x11vnc_projectx11vnc>= 0 < 0.9.16-50.9.16-5
x11vnc_projectx11vnc>= 0 < 0.9.16-50.9.16-5

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.06.5MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv8.8HIGH
vendor_debian8.8HIGH
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