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CVE-2016-9941
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-12-31T18:59:00.133 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:56:48.930

Summary

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.

Affected products

libvncserver_project — libvncserver

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