A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was found in GStreamer's rfbsrc plugin. (CVE-2026-59691)
A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was found in GStreamer's rfbsrc plugin. When a client connects to a malicious RFB/VNC server that advertises a 16bpp framebuffer and sends Hextile-encoded updates, the Hextile background fill path writes 32-bit pixel values into a buffer allocated for 16-bit pixels. This type mismatch causes an out-of-bounds heap write that can lead to denial of service (process crash) and potential memory corruption.
A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was found in GStreamer's rfbsrc plugin. (CVE-2026-59691)
Description
A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was found in GStreamer's rfbsrc plugin. When a client connects to a malicious RFB/VNC server that advertises a 16bpp framebuffer and sends Hextile-encoded updates, the Hextile background fill path writes 32-bit pixel values into a buffer allocated for 16-bit pixels. This type mismatch causes an out-of-bounds heap write that can lead to denial of service (process crash) and potential memory corruption.
CVSS v3.1
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-g4ff-54hw-hj6r
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-59691"]
- Ecosystems
- []
- Database Specific Severity
- HIGH
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
Threat ID: 6a69403b9c2644c7f866b7d7
Added to database: 07/28/2026, 23:50:19 UTC
Last updated: 07/28/2026, 23:52:00 UTC
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