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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

CVE ID
CVE-2026-7840
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
securin
Reserved
2026-05-05 07:30 UTC
Published
2026-07-01 03:33 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-01 12:33 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write
Vendor / Product
uvnc / UltraVNC
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

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
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Tech. Impact
total
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
uvnc UltraVNC 0 ≤ 1.8.2.2
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-787 cna Out-of-bounds Write
CVSS scores (2)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
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)
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