USN-3171-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3171-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3171-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3171-1
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Published
2017-01-11T18:09:31.534299Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:20Z
Summary
libvncserver vulnerabilities
Details

Josef Gajdusek discovered that the LibVNCServer client library incorrectly handled certain FrameBufferUpdate messages. If a user were tricked into connecting to a malicious server, an attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9941, CVE-2016-9942)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libvncserver

Package

Name
libvncserver
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libvncserver@0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2

Affected versions

0.*

0.9.9+dfsg-1
0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1
0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "libvncserver-config"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "libvncserver-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "libvncserver0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "linuxvnc"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2016-9941"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2016-9942"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libvncserver

Package

Name
libvncserver
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libvncserver@0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.9.10+dfsg-3
0.9.10+dfsg-3build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libvncclient1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libvncserver-config"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libvncserver-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libvncserver1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2016-9941"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2016-9942"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
}