CVE-2008-5660
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 9.1%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-134
- EPSS score
- 9.1% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5631)
- Published
- December 17, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5631 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnome / vinagre
- gnome / vinagre
- gnome / vinagre
- gnome / vinagre
- gnome / vinagre
- gnome / vinagre
- gnome / vinagre
- gnome / vinagre
- gnome / vinagre
- gnome / vinagre
- gnome / vinagre
- gnome / vinagre
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33041(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33046(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33082(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vinagre-format-string(Exploit)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:240(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499057/100/0/threaded
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-689-1(Vendor Advisory)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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