CVE-2010-5304
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 5, 2020 at 07:35 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:26 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraLibvncserver
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 0.9.9
Affected range stops below 0.9.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (6)
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/139654.htmlx_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/139814.htmlx_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/140219.htmlx_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-September/139445.htmlx_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/639x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/23/6CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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