CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-4770
10.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-01-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The CMsgReader::readRect function in the VNC Viewer component in RealVNC VNC Free Edition 4.0 through 4.1.2, Enterprise Edition E4.0 through E4.4.2, and Personal Edition P4.0 through P4.4.2 allows remote VNC servers to execute arbitrary code via crafted RFB protocol data, related to "encoding type."
Affected configurations
• realvnc realvnc 4.0
• realvnc realvnc 4.1.2
• realvnc realvnc 4.4.2
• realvnc realvnc e4.0
• realvnc realvnc p4.0
• realvnc realvnc p4.4.2
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32317 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33689 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34184 secunia.com
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-140455-01-1 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-248526-1 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-17.xml www.gentoo.org
- http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2008-November/059432.html www.realvnc.com
- http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/release-notes.html www.realvnc.com
- http://www.realvnc.com/products/upgrade.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0261.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31832 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33263 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2868 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45969 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47937 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9367 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg01025.html www.redhat.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32317 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33689 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34184 secunia.com
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-140455-01-1 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-248526-1 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-17.xml www.gentoo.org
- http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2008-November/059432.html www.realvnc.com
- http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/release-notes.html www.realvnc.com
- http://www.realvnc.com/products/upgrade.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0261.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31832 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33263 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2868 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45969 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47937 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9367 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg01025.html www.redhat.com