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CVE-2016-9941 (GCVE-0-2016-9941)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-31 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 03:07
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95170 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/pull/137 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3753 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-24 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/releases/t… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2016-12-31 00:00
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