CVE-2008-5660 in vinagre

Summary

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.

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• Reservation: 12/17/2008
• Disclosure: 12/17/2008
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-45560
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-134 (Confirmed)
• Exploit: Download
• CVSS: 7.3
• EPSS: 0.01593
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5660
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5660
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2008-5660/