CVE-2008-4770
N/A
Published: January 16, 2009 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:58 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorRealvnc
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
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."
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
References (17)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-140455-01-1Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
Source: [email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-248526-1Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-17.xmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2008-November/059432.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/release-notes.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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