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CVE-2026-44042

low CVSS 3.7 EPSS 0.5%

UltraVNC repeater through 1.8.2.2 contains an off-by-one error in the Base64 decode helper used for HTTP Basic authentication. In repeater/webgui/webutils.c:817, the wi_uudecode() function checks whether the input length exceeds the output buffer with a strict greater-than comparison (>), while the correct check should be greater-than-or-equal (>=). When strlen(authdata) equals sizeof(decode), the decoded output length (approximately 3/4 of input) does not overflow the buffer in current practice because the outer HTTP request bounds constrain the Authorization header. However, the defective check leaves a latent off-by-one condition that could become exploitable if the buffering constraints change. The current risk is limited to a one-byte write at the boundary of a 1024-byte stack buffer under constrained conditions.

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Software versions checked with the free lookup that CVE-2026-44042 applies to, and the release that fixes it where the sources name one.

At a glance

Severity
Low
CVSS base score
3.7 out of 10
Known exploited
Not in CISA's catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities
EPSS
0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of scored vulnerabilities
Weakness
CWE-193
Published
2026-07-01

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