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$ cve CVE-2016-5008 JSON

CVE-2016-5008

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 3.7% (pctl 89)

In your normal cycle

Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.

Description

libvirt before 2.0.0 improperly disables password checking when the password on a VNC server is set to an empty string, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and establish a VNC session by connecting to the server.

Scoring

CVSS9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0)
VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS3.65% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-284
On CISA KEVno
Public exploitnone known
Published2016-07-13
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (2)

VendorProduct
debiandebian linux
redhatlibvirt

References

→ the Explorer  ·  watch your stack  ·  NVD