libvncclient Tight decoder has an attacker-controlled heap out-of-bounds write (LibVNC libvncserver)

CVE-2026-50538
HIGH 8.8

En bref

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.40 % · centile 35 ()
État
PUBLISHED
Publiée
Mise à jour
Attribuée par
GitHub_M
Statut NVD
Deferred

Description

LibVNCClient is a library for easy implementation of a VNC client. In versions 0.9.12 through 0.9.15, a malicious (or man-in-the-middle) VNC server can force a connecting `libvncclient` to write attacker-controlled data past the end of its framebuffer. This is an out-of-bounds heap write with attacker-controlled length, contents, and offset. It needs no authentication (the attacker is the server), works in a default build with default settings, and fires from a single `FramebufferUpdate` the moment the victim connects. It crashes any client unconditionally (denial of service); we also demonstrated it overwriting an application callback pointer and redirecting execution to attacker-chosen code (code execution) under the default configuration. Commit 540332be3e0acc566fa64da6f1b4680c72c724dd patches the issue.

Faiblesses (CWE)

  • CWE-122 — Débordement de tampon sur le tas
  • CWE-787 — Écriture hors limites

Références

Scores

VersionScoreVecteurÉvalué par
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HGitHub_M
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)

Références européennes

Produits affectés

ProduitVersions
LibVNC · libvncserveraffected >= 0.9.12, <= 0.9.15

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD