> CVE-2026-50538 [HIGH]

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PUBLISHED
2026-08-21 21:16
MODIFIED
2026-08-21 21:16
CVSS_SCORE V3
8.8
EPSS (Prob. Exploit)
0.40%
Top 66.9%
DATA SOURCES:
NVD đź”— 2026-08-21 CWE MITRE đź”— 2026-09-01 FIRST EPSS đź”— 2026-10-18 OSV đź”— 2026-10-26

> DESCRIPTION

LibVNCClient is a library for easy implementation of a VNC client. In versions 0.9.12 through 0.9.15, a malicious (or man-in-the-middle) VNC server can force a connecting `libvncclient` to write attacker-controlled data past the end of its framebuffer. This is an out-of-bounds heap write with attacker-controlled length, contents, and offset. It needs no authentication (the attacker is the server), works in a default build with default settings, and fires from a single `FramebufferUpdate` the moment the victim connects. It crashes any client unconditionally (denial of service); we also demonstrated it overwriting an application callback pointer and redirecting execution to attacker-chosen code (code execution) under the default configuration. Commit 540332be3e0acc566fa64da6f1b4680c72c724dd patches the issue.

> AFFECTED_PRODUCTS

ℹ️ Aucun produit affecté n'a encore été publié par NVD pour cette CVE.

> CVSS V3 METRICS

CVSS_VECTOR
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EXPLOITABILITY
2.8
IMPACT
5.9

> MÉTRIQUES CVSS DÉTAILLÉES

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Métrique Valeur Interprétation
AV (Vecteur d'Attaque)
Attack Vector
Network (N)
Exploit possible à distance via réseau (HTTP, API, etc.)
AC (Complexité d'Attaque)
Attack Complexity
Low (L)
Peu de conditions requises pour exploiter
PR (Privilèges Requis)
Privileges Required
None (N)
Aucune authentification requise
UI (Interaction Utilisateur)
User Interaction
Required (R)
Nécessite une action utilisateur (clic lien, ouverture fichier, etc.)
S (Périmètre)
Scope
Unchanged (U)
Impact reste dans le périmètre du composant compromis
C (Impact Confidentialité)
Confidentiality Impact
High (H)
Divulgation totale d'informations
I (Impact Intégrité)
Integrity Impact
High (H)
Modification totale des données possible
A (Impact Disponibilité)
Availability Impact
High (H)
Interruption totale du service possible

> RÉSUMÉ DES IMPACTS

Confidentialité
High
Divulgation totale d'informations
Intégrité
High
Modification totale des données possible
Disponibilité
High
Interruption totale du service possible

> WEAKNESSES

CWE-122 CWE-787

> CWE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS

CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow - A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). | CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write - The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

> OSV (GOOGLE OPEN SOURCE VULNERABILITIES)

libvncclient Tight decoder has an attacker-controlled heap out-of-bounds write

AFFECTED PACKAGES:
Unknown / Unknown
4 versions affected
ALIASES:
GHSA-v9pm-47h4-jcq8

> HISTORIQUE DES MODIFICATIONS

Première apparition
21/08/2026 21:16
Source: NVD
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 01/09/2026 06:02
CWE
Champ modifié: Description CWE
Ancienne valeur:
N/A
Nouvelle valeur:
CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow - A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the bu...
Total des modifications: 1 Dernière mise à jour: 1 month ago

> REFERENCES

https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/commit/540332be3e0acc566fa64da6f1b4680c72...
https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/security/advisories/GHSA-v9pm-47h4-jcq8
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