CVE-2026-73108 PUBLISHED

RustDesk < 1.4.7 Uncontrolled Memory Allocation DoS via BytesCodec

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 10.08.2026 Published: 26.08.2026 Updated: 26.08.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: 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
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Vendor rustdesk
Product rustdesk
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 1.4.7 (excl.)

References

Problem Types

  • Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE