ubuntu · CVE-2016-9941

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Priority: medium Published: 2016-12-31 00:00:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-25 22:15:17 UTC

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Freshness: upstream tracker timestamp is available; use API updated time as primary recency signal.

Tracker summary

CVE-2016-9941 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (italc, libvncserver), 10 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety): released 7, DNE 2, not-affected 1.

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.

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