RustDesk < 1.4.7 Uncontrolled Memory Allocation DoS via BytesCodec
RustDesk versions before 1.4.7 contain an uncontrolled speculative memory allocation vulnerability in BytesCodec. Before authentication, the decoder trusts the payload length encoded in a four-byte frame header and reserves that amount before receiving the payload. A crafted header can request up to 1,073,741,823 bytes of capacity, allowing unauthenticated attackers to use concurrent TCP connections to cause memory exhaustion and denial of service. The fix caps header-triggered speculative preallocation at 256 KiB.
Evidence and details
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-73108
rustdesk
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
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- Prerequisites
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- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-73108
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Publisher severity
high
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics