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CVE-2008-5660

Date: December 17, 2008

Format string vulnerability in the vinagre_utils_show_error function (src/vinagre-utils.c) in Vinagre 0.5.x before 0.5.2 and 2.x before 2.24.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a crafted URI or VNC server response.

Severity Score

Related Resources (15)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499057/100/0/threaded
http://secunia.com/advisories/33046
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00485.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-5660
http://secunia.com/advisories/33041
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vinagre-format-string
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00473.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:240
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475070
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5660
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7401
http://secunia.com/advisories/33082
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-689-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3362
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-5660

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

CWE-134

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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