HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-0610

Ultravnc vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
38.8%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ClientConnection::NegotiateProtocolVersion function in vncviewer/ClientConnection.cpp in vncviewer for UltraVNC 1.0.2 and 1.0.4 before 01252008, when in LISTENING mode or when using the DSM plugin, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (crash) via a modified size value.
Affected vendor
Ultravnc
Affected product
Ultravnc
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2008-02-06

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 38.8% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

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