alpine-cve-2016-9942

CVSS 9.8 osv_alpine
Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in ultra.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 with the Ultra type tile, such that the LZO payload decompressed length exceeds what is specified by the tile dimensions.

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Affected Products

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  "details": "Heap-based buffer overflow in ultra.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 with the Ultra type tile, such that the LZO payload decompressed length exceeds what is specified by the tile dimensions.",
  "id": "ALPINE-CVE-2016-9942",
  "modified": "2026-09-22T06:30:45.799095266Z",
  "published": "2016-12-31T18:59:00.180Z",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-9942"
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  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
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