CVE-2026-50538
HighCVSS 8.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk33th percentile - higher than 33% of all known CVEs
Summary
LibVNCClient, a library for easy implementation of a VNC client, in versions 0.9.12 through 0.9.15, contains a vulnerability that allows a malicious (or man-in-the-middle) VNC server to 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 requires no authentication, works in a default build, and can crash the client or lead to code execution. The issue is patched in commit 540332be3e0acc566fa64da6f1b4680c72c724dd.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can cause a client crash (denial of service) or take control of the client process, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution on the victim's system.
Recommendation
It is recommended to immediately upgrade LibVNCClient to a version containing the fix (commit 540332be3e0acc566fa64da6f1b4680c72c724dd) or later, and avoid connecting to untrusted VNC servers.
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Original NVD description (English source)
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.
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