CVE-2026-123200: high-severity vulnerability in VRPN
VRPN through 07.36 Out-of-bounds Write via SENDER_DESCRIPTION/TYPE_DESCRIPTION length index
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.7epss 0.4%
VRPN through 07.36 contains an out-of-bounds stack write vulnerability in vrpn_Endpoint::handle_sender_message() and handle_type_message() that allows unauthenticated remote peers to write outside a stack buffer via an unchecked length index. Attackers can connect, complete the version-cookie exchange, and send a SENDER_DESCRIPTION or TYPE_DESCRIPTION message with an out-of-range or negative index to crash the process.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
VRPN · VRPNReferences
https://github.com/vrpn/vrpn/blob/79deb000cc0b47ae49a80c92c78167c02d8a04d8/vrpn_Connection.C#L4482https://github.com/vrpn/vrpn/blob/79deb000cc0b47ae49a80c92c78167c02d8a04d8/vrpn_Connection.C#L4554https://github.com/vrpn/vrpn/commit/0da5b0b71e06e8c318a4e674c84caee12251a782https://github.com/vrpn/vrpn/commit/c893b583d928fd17d756b39271b2eae71766e7f2https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vrpn-through-07.36-out-of-bounds-write-via-sender-description-type-description-length-index