CVE-2016-9942
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-12-31 18:00
Modified
2024-08-06 03:07
Severity ?
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in ultra.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 with the Ultra type tile, such that the LZO payload decompressed length exceeds what is specified by the tile dimensions.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3753
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95170
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/pull/137
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/releases/tag/LibVNCServer-0.9.11
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-24
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3753
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95170
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/pull/137
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/releases/tag/LibVNCServer-0.9.11
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-24
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/
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