CVE-2026-44988
HIGH
8,8
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: required
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high
Description
AI Translation Available
LibVNCClient is a library for easy implementation of a VNC client. In 0.9.15 and earlier, LibVNCClient's Tight encoding decoder uses fixed-size 2048-pixel scratch buffers for the Gradient filter, but it does not reject Tight rectangles whose width is larger than 2048 pixels. A malicious VNC server can send a crafted FramebufferUpdate rectangle using Tight encoding with NoZlib | ExplicitFilter and the Gradient filter. When a LibVNCClient-based client connects, the client processes the server-controlled rectangle width and writes beyond fixed-size Gradient buffers. This vulnerability is fixed with commit 5b270544b85233668b98161323297d418a8f5fd1.
787
Out-of-bounds Write
DraftCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Integrity
Availability
Other
Potential Impacts:
Modify Memory
Execute Unauthorized Code Or Commands
Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart
Unexpected State
Applicable Platforms
Languages:
Memory-Unsafe, C, C++, Assembly
Technologies:
ICS/OT
https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/commit/5b270544b85233668b98161323297d418…
https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/security/advisories/GHSA-jcc5-8wj4-7c58