CVE-2011-0905 Denial of service in n/a
Authenticated remote attackers can crash the Vino VNC server via crafted framebuffer update requests when tight encoding is enabled.
- 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-2011-0905?
CVE-2011-0905 is a low-severity denial of service 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 tight encoding is used, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via crafted dimensions in a framebuffer update request that triggers an out-of-bounds read operation.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-0905?
It affects 1 product.
Products include David King Vino.
How do I fix CVE-2011-0905?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2011-0905 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-0905 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-0905, GHSA-fx9f-m844-h4j5.