CVE-2021-42785

CRITICAL

Tightvnc < 2.8.59 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in tvnviewer.exe of TightVNC Viewer allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary instructions via a crafted FramebufferUpdate packet from a VNC server.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.tightvnc.com/whatsnew.php

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0091
EPSS Percentile 75.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-120
Status published
Products (1)
tightvnc/tightvnc < 2.8.59
Published Nov 23, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026