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High · 8.8 CVE-2026-50538 EUVD-2026-64167

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

Published Aug 21, 2026 · Updated Aug 24, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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

VendorProductAffectedFixed
LibVNC libvncserver >= 0.9.12, <= 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-6 —
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-3ubuntu0.2 —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS veyon +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 libvncserver 0.9.15+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2 —
Ubuntu 25.10 vino +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libvncserver 0.9.14+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS vino +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libvncserver 0.9.13+dfsg-3ubuntu0.2 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS vino +3 No fix yet —
Show 8 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
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 0.9.10-150000.4.41.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4022-1, SUSE-SU-2026:3803-1
SLES 12 SP5 LibVNCServer 0.9.9-17.50.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4024-1
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 LibVNCServer 0.9.14-160000.6.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23601-1
SLES 16.0 LibVNCServer 0.9.14-160000.6.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23601-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed LibVNCServer 0.9.15-4.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11601-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 LibVNCServer 0.9.14-160000.6.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21735-1

Advisories 6

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