CVE-2008-5660

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5660
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-17 20:30:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionFormat 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-134 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Vinagre 0.5.0 All All All
Application Gnome Vinagre 0.5.1 All All All
Application Gnome Vinagre 2.23.1 All All All
Application Gnome Vinagre 2.23.2 All All All
Application Gnome Vinagre 2.23.3 All All All
Application Gnome Vinagre 2.23.3.1 All All All
Application Gnome Vinagre 2.23.4 All All All
Application Gnome Vinagre 2.23.90 All All All
Application Gnome Vinagre 2.23.91 All All All
Application Gnome Vinagre 2.23.92 All All All
Application Gnome Vinagre 2.24.0 All All All
Application Gnome Vinagre 2.24.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: vinagre-0.5.2-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Bug 475070 – CVE-2008-5660 vinagre: format string flaw in vinagre_utils_show_error() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: vinagre-0.4-2.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Fedora update for vinagre - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Core Security Technologies af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.coresecurity.com Exploit
Vinagre < 2.24.2 show_error() Remote Format String PoC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
USN-689-1: Vinagre vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory
Ubuntu update for vinagre - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
www.mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Vendor Advisory
Vinagre "vinagre_utils_show_error()" Format String Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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