CVE-2008-5660 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 9.1% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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 via format string specifiers in a crafted URI or VNC server response.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 9.12% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-134 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-12-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| gnome | vinagre |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Vinagre < 2.24.2 - 'show_error()' Remote Format String (PoC) | 2008-12-09 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33041
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33046
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33082
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vinagre-format-string
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:240
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499057/100/0/threaded
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-689-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3362
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475070
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7401
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00473.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00485.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33041
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33046
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33082
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vinagre-format-string
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:240
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499057/100/0/threaded
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-689-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3362
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