CVE-2008-5660
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 9.12% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-12-17 20:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 11:04Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-12-17
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format StringBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c6750b7dd973293e0628729aa00463ac25a1879c4345e81f0edf77fb3ad8091a
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.exploit-db.com7401https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7401
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-10932https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00473.html
- www.securityfocus.com20081209 CORE-2008-1127 - Vinagre show_error() format string vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499057/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com33041http://secunia.com/advisories/33041
- www.coresecurity.comhttp://www.coresecurity.com/content/vinagre-format-string
- secunia.com33082http://secunia.com/advisories/33082
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:240http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:240
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-3362http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3362
- secunia.com33046http://secunia.com/advisories/33046
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-10941https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00485.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-689-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-689-1
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475070
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- vinagre Fixed in 0.5.1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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