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    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 via format string specifiers in a crafted URI or VNC server response.

    Published:Dec 17, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Dec 17, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.01593
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gnome
    Product
    Vinagre

    Exploits

    http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vinagre-format-stringhttp://www.coresecurity.com/content/vinagre-format-stringhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7401

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-135 Format String Injection
    CAPEC-67 String Format Overflow in syslog()

    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
    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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High