Vulnerabilities / CVE-2009-3616

critical

CVE-2009-3616

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in vnc.c in the VNC server in ...

Published Modified CWE 416
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD.

Description

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in vnc.c in the VNC server in QEMU 0.10.6 and earlier might allow guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by establishing a connection from a VNC client and then (1) disconnecting during data transfer, (2) sending a message using incorrect integer data types, or (3) using the Fuzzy Screen Mode protocol, related to double free vulnerabilities.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11qemu0.11.0-1
debian 12qemu0.11.0-1
debian 13qemu0.11.0-1
debian 14qemu0.11.0-1
echoqemu0.11.0-1

References

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