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High · 8.8 CVE-2026-44988 EUVD-2026-32525

LibVNCClient Tight Gradient decoding allows malicious server-triggered heap/stack OOB writes

Published May 27, 2026 · Updated May 29, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

LibVNCClient is a library for easy implementation of a VNC client. In 0.9.15 and earlier, LibVNCClient's Tight encoding decoder uses fixed-size 2048-pixel scratch buffers for the Gradient filter, but it does not reject Tight rectangles whose width is larger than 2048 pixels. A malicious VNC server can send a crafted FramebufferUpdate rectangle using Tight encoding with NoZlib | ExplicitFilter and the Gradient filter. When a LibVNCClient-based client connects, the client processes the server-controlled rectangle width and writes beyond fixed-size Gradient buffers. This vulnerability is fixed with commit 5b270544b85233668b98161323297d418a8f5fd1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
LibVNC libvncserver <= 0.9.15 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 libvncserver 0.9.15+dfsg-5 —
Debian 13 libvncserver 0.9.15+dfsg-1+deb13u2 —
Debian 12 libvncserver 0.9.14+dfsg-1+deb12u2 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 veyon +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS libvncserver 0.9.15+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1 USN-8463-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS veyon +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 libvncserver 0.9.15+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1 USN-8463-1
Ubuntu 25.10 vino +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libvncserver 0.9.14+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1 USN-8463-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS vino +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libvncserver 0.9.13+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1 USN-8463-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS vino +3 No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS vino +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS vino +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS vino +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS x11vnc No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS x11vnc No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS x11vnc No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS x11vnc No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS tightvnc No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 LibVNCServer 0.9.14-150600.3.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2427-1
SLES 12 SP5 LibVNCServer 0.9.9-17.47.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2428-1
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 LibVNCServer 0.9.14-160000.5.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22190-1
SLES 16.0 LibVNCServer 0.9.14-160000.5.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22190-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed LibVNCServer 0.9.15-3.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:10905-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 LibVNCServer 0.9.14-160000.5.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21118-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2 libvncserver +1 0.9.9-14.amzn2.0.3 ALAS2-2026-3331

Advisories 7

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