A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was found in GStreamer's rfbsrc plugin. When a client connects to a malicious RFB/VNC server that advertises a 16bpp framebuffer and sends Hextile-encoded updates, the Hextile background fill path writes 32-bit pixel values into a buffer allocated for 16-bit pixels. This type mismatch causes an out-of-bounds heap write that can lead to denial of service (process crash) and potential memory corruption.
History

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::appstream
References

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 04:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream
References

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Els
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Els
References

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat enterprise Linux Eus
Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel Eus Long Life
Redhat rhel Tus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8::appstream
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0
Vendors & Products Redhat enterprise Linux Eus
Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel Eus Long Life
Redhat rhel Tus
References

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.4::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::crb
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Eus
References

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
References

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
References

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2
References

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gstreamer
Gstreamer gstreamer
Vendors & Products Gstreamer
Gstreamer gstreamer

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:45:00 +0000

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Description A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was found in GStreamer's rfbsrc plugin. When a client connects to a malicious RFB/VNC server that advertises a 16bpp framebuffer and sends Hextile-encoded updates, the Hextile background fill path writes 32-bit pixel values into a buffer allocated for 16-bit pixels. This type mismatch causes an out-of-bounds heap write that can lead to denial of service (process crash) and potential memory corruption.
Title Gstreamer: gstreamer: rfbsrc/librfb hextile heap out-of-bounds write with 16bpp framebuffer
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-787
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-19T09:36:36.199Z

Reserved: 2026-07-06T13:40:46.923Z

Link: CVE-2026-59691

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-09T13:50:39.086Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-07-09T11:16:41.657

Modified: 2026-08-19T10:16:37.660

Link: CVE-2026-59691

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-07-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-59691 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-01T14:45:06Z