CVE-2008-4770 (GCVE-0-2008-4770)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-01-16 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:31
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
17 references
Date Public
2008-11-26 00:00
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