# CVE-2011-0905: 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2011-05-10 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://git.gnome.org/browse/vino/commit/?id=0c2c9175963fc56bf2af10e42867181332f96ce0
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1128-1/
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/vino/commit/?id=d050a22b1c284b633c407ef92fde95c47e8fdb8a
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:087
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0169.html
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=641803
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44410
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vino/2.32/vino-2.32.2.news
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1144
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67244
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vino/2.28/vino-2.28.3.news
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47681
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/vino/commit/?id=456dadbb5c5971d3448763a44c05b9ad033e522f
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694456
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/vino/log/?h=gnome-2-30
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2238
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/vino/commit/?id=e17bd4e369f90748654e31a4867211dc7610975d
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/vino/commit/?id=dff52694a384fe95195f2211254026b752d63ec4
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/vino/commit/?id=8beefcf7792d343c10c919ee0c928c81f73b1279
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44463
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vino/3.0/vino-3.0.2.news
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/vino/tree/NEWS

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