A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was found in GStreamer's librfb (RFB/VNC client). The rectangle bounds check incorrectly validates area rather than individual dimensions, allowing a malicious VN…
High CVSS 8.8
Summary
A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was found in GStreamer's librfb (RFB/VNC client). The rectangle bounds check incorrectly validates area rather than individual dimensions, allowing a malicious VNC server to send a rectangle that extends beyond the framebuffer. A remote attacker could set up a malicious VNC server and trick a user into connecting, resulting in an out-of-bounds heap write that could lead to code execution or a crash.
In-depth triage · Auto channel
No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).
Lint boundary warnings (1)
The following non-blocking warnings were raised during the lint phase of this triage (e.g. reference URLs not yet on the allowlist). They do not affect entry usability and are disclosed for transparency (see DR-002).
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REF_URL_NOT_ALLOWLISTEDurl not in allowlist: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/work_items/5105
Sources
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36749
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36834
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37130
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47069
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47070
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47071
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47075
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47076
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-52720
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2486731
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/work_items/5105
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-52720.json
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47176
Timeline
- nvd_ingest NVD