CVE-2008-5001
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in multiple functions in vncviewer/FileTransfer.cpp in vncviewer for UltraVNC 1.0.2 and 1.0.4 before 01252008, when in LISTENING mode or when using the DSM plugin, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified parameters, a different issue than CVE-2008-0610.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 5.6% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4980)
- Published
- November 10, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4980 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ultravnc / ultravnc
- ultravnc / ultravnc
References
- http://forum.ultravnc.info/viewtopic.php?p=45150#45150(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28804(Vendor Advisory)
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=571174&group_id=63887
- http://ultravnc.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ultravnc/UltraVNC%20Project%20Root/UltraVNC/vncviewer/FileTransfer.cpp?view=log#rev183
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27687
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0486
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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