CVE-2016-9941

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
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References

Timeline

Published
Dec 31, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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