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CVE-2016-9941

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 3.73% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-12-31 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗ github.com ↗

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CVE
CVE-2016-9941
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.73%

Original NVD Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in rfbproto.c in LibVNCClient in LibVNCServer before 0.9.11 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted FramebufferUpdate message containing a subrectangle outside of the client drawing area.