CVE-2021-42785

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-42785
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-11-23 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-11-29 14:23:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer Overflow vulnerability in tvnviewer.exe of TightVNC Viewer allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary instructions via a crafted FramebufferUpdate packet from a VNC server.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-120

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Tightvnc Tightvnc All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
TightVNC: What's New in TightVNC MISC www.tightvnc.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Eugene Lim from Government Technology Agency of Singapore

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 376156 TightVNC Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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