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vnc: vncviewer insufficient encoding value validation in CMsgReader::readRect

🗓️ 11 Feb 2009 17:52:00Reported by RedHatType 
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VNC viewer allows remote code execution via crafted RFB encoding in CMsgReader::readRect.

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux3i386vnc0:4.0-0.beta4.1.8vnc-0:4.0-0.beta4.1.8.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux3ia64vnc0:4.0-0.beta4.1.8vnc-0:4.0-0.beta4.1.8.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux3ppcvnc0:4.0-0.beta4.1.8vnc-0:4.0-0.beta4.1.8.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux3s390vnc0:4.0-0.beta4.1.8vnc-0:4.0-0.beta4.1.8.s390.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux3s390xvnc0:4.0-0.beta4.1.8vnc-0:4.0-0.beta4.1.8.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux3x86_64vnc0:4.0-0.beta4.1.8vnc-0:4.0-0.beta4.1.8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4i386vnc0:4.0-12.el4_7.1vnc-0:4.0-12.el4_7.1.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4ia64vnc0:4.0-12.el4_7.1vnc-0:4.0-12.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4ppcvnc0:4.0-12.el4_7.1vnc-0:4.0-12.el4_7.1.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4s390vnc0:4.0-12.el4_7.1vnc-0:4.0-12.el4_7.1.s390.rpm
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CVSS 210
EPSS0.04052
VNC viewerremote code executioncrafted encoding dataCMsgReader readRectencoding type
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