CVE-2026-7840CWE-787

UltraVNC repeater HTTP server global buffer overflow via long URI (pre-auth RCE)

Critical · published July 1, 2026

CVSS v4.0
9.3
EPSS
3%
Percentile
85.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
9.3 · CRITICAL
Vector
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
EPSS
0.02628 · 85.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write
Published
2026-07-01T03:33Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 JUL 03:33Z
    UltraVNC repeater HTTP server global buffer overflow via long URI (pre-auth RCE)
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