CVE-2011-0904 Memory corruption in n/a
Authenticated remote attackers can crash the Vino VNC server via out-of-bounds memory access in raw encoding, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2011-0904?
CVE-2011-0904 is a low-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 May 2011. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The rfbSendFramebufferUpdate function in server/libvncserver/rfbserver.c in vino-server in Vino 2.x before 2.28.3, 2.32.x before 2.32.2, 3.0.x before 3.0.2, and 3.1.x before 3.1.1, when raw encoding is used, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a large (1) X position or (2) Y position value in a framebuffer update request that triggers an out-of-bounds memory access, related to the rfbTranslateNone and rfbSendRectEncodingRaw functions.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-0904?
It affects 1 product.
Products include David King Vino.
How do I fix CVE-2011-0904?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2011-0904 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-0904 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-0904, GHSA-5c7f-3fp9-p3v4.