9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2016-9941
LibVNCClient LibVNCServer Heap Buffer Overflow Denial of Service Buffer Overflow
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 31, 2016, 6:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 23, 2020, 1:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-9941 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Libvncserver_project libvncserver

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-9941 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 23, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 31, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-24 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 18, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3753 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 04, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:libvncserver_project:libvncserver:0.9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 04, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95170 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.24 }} 0.16%

score

0.85228

percentile

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