VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2007-0756
Chicken of the VNC (cotv) 2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large computer-name size value in a ServerInit packet, which triggers a failed malloc and a resulting NULL dereference.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 4.42%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Chicken of the VNC (cotv) 2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large computer-name size value in a ServerInit packet, which triggers a failed malloc and a resulting NULL dereference.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 4.42% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- chicken of the vnc/chicken of the vnc
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://osvdb.org/33637
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2220
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458907/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466966/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22372Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32166
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3257
- http://osvdb.org/33637
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2220
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458907/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466966/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22372Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32166
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3257
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.