VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2010-5304
A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the VNC server by sending a specially crafted ClientCutText message from a VNC client.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.12%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.12%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way LibVNCServer before 0.9.9 handled certain ClientCutText message. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the VNC server by sending a specially crafted ClientCutText message from a VNC client.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.12% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- libvncserver project/libvncserver · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/139654.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/139814.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/140219.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-September/139445.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/639Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/23/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/139654.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/139814.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/140219.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-September/139445.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/639Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/23/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.