A flaw was found in gnome-remote-desktop as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. In the VNC TLS read path, partial consumption of the internal peek buffer incorrectly moves remaining peeked bytes into the caller-supplied buffer instead of compacting the peek buffer. A remote attacker who can reach an enabled VNC TLS listener and trigger a peek/read size mismatch can cause an out-of-bounds write, leading to denial of service.

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If VNC is not required, disable the gnome-remote-desktop VNC service. If it must remain enabled, restrict the VNC listener to trusted hosts or management networks using host-based firewall rules.

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Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:30:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in gnome-remote-desktop as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. In the VNC TLS read path, partial consumption of the internal peek buffer incorrectly moves remaining peeked bytes into the caller-supplied buffer instead of compacting the peek buffer. A remote attacker who can reach an enabled VNC TLS listener and trigger a peek/read size mismatch can cause an out-of-bounds write, leading to denial of service.
Title Gnome-remote-desktop: heap buffer overflow in gnome-remote-desktop vnc tls peek buffer handling allows remote denial of service
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-121
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-13T13:24:38.563Z

Reserved: 2026-10-13T06:16:11.340Z

Link: CVE-2026-109833

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-13T13:17:29.430

Modified: 2026-10-13T14:17:31.510

Link: CVE-2026-109833

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Updated: 2026-10-13T13:30:17Z

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