CVE-2008-4770 (GCVE-0-2008-4770)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-01-16 21:00
Modified
2024-08-07 10:31
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
The CMsgReader::readRect function in the VNC Viewer component in RealVNC VNC Free Edition 4.0 through 4.1.2, Enterprise Edition E4.0 through E4.4.2, and Personal Edition P4.0 through P4.4.2 allows remote VNC servers to execute arbitrary code via crafted RFB protocol data, related to "encoding type."
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