Out-of-Bounds Affecting libvnc/libvncserver package, versions [,0.9.11)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.24% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBVNCLIBVNCSERVER-2365260
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed31 Dec 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-9941  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libvnc/libvncserver to version 0.9.11 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. Heap-based buffer overflow in rfbproto.c in LibVNCClient in LibVNCServer before 0.9.11 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted FramebufferUpdate message containing a subrectangle outside of the client drawing area.

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