CVE detail

CVE-2020-29074 — CVE-2020-29074

Published 2020-11-25 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor x11vnc_project · Product x11vnc · Source nvd

HIGH

severity

CVSS-derived band

8.8

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0176

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

76.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

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

Remediation

No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.

References

cvedb.io · NVD · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS · vendor advisories (CVE Program List v5). Informational only, no warranty — verify every remediation against the vendor advisory before acting on it. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD, CISA, FIRST.org or any vendor named. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.