CVE-2026-7840
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS 3.1
Description
UltraVNC repeater through 1.8.2.2 contains a global buffer overflow in its embedded HTTP administration server. The functions wi_senderr() and wi_replyhdr() in repeater/webgui/webutils.c write the caller-supplied HTTP request URI into a fixed 1000-byte global buffer (hdrbuf) via unchecked sprintf calls. The HTTP receive buffer accepts URIs up to approximately 150 KB (WI_RXBUFSIZE = 153600), so an unauthenticated attacker who can reach the repeater HTTP port (default TCP 80) can overflow hdrbuf by at least 500 bytes with a single HTTP request containing a URI of 1500 bytes or longer, corrupting adjacent .bss-segment globals. The overflow occurs before any authentication check, making it reachable without credentials. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can achieve arbitrary code execution on the host running the repeater.
Metadata
Severity & Metrics
9.8
CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Affected products (1)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| uvnc | UltraVNC | — | 0 ≤ 1.8.2.2 |
Weakness (CWE)
| CWE | Source | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CWE-787 | cna | Out-of-bounds Write |
CVSS scores (2)
| Score | Severity | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | CRITICAL | 3.1 | cna | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| 9.3 | CRITICAL | 4.0 | cna | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
References (2)
- UltraVNC project page https://uvnc.com/
- UltraVNC source repository https://github.com/ultravnc/UltraVNC