CVE-2011-1775
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.8EPSS 1.3%EU EUVD
The CSecurityTLS::processMsg function in common/rfb/CSecurityTLS.cxx in the vncviewer component in TigerVNC 1.1beta1 does not properly verify the server's X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a TLS VNC server via an arbitrary certificate.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 1.3% (70th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1773)
- Published
- May 26, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1773 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- tigervnc / tigervnc
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060567.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/06/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/09/7
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44939
- http://www.mail-archive.com/tigervnc-devel%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg01342.html
- http://www.mail-archive.com/tigervnc-devel%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg01345.html
- http://www.mail-archive.com/tigervnc-devel%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg01347.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0871.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47738
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702470
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702672
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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