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CVE-2016-9941

Published: 31 December 2016

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
italc
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
upstream
Released (1:3.0.3+dfsg1-1+deb9u1, 1:2.0.2+dfsg1-2+deb8u1)
xenial
Released (1:2.0.2+dfsg1-4ubuntu0.1)
libvncserver
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise
Released (0.9.8.2-2ubuntu1.2)
trusty
Released (0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2)
upstream
Released (0.9.11)
xenial
Released (0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.1)
yakkety
Released (0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.10.1)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/commit/5418e8007c248bf9668d22a8c1fa9528149b69f2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H