Vulnerability in GNOME Vinagre

CVE-2008-5660

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.

EPSS: 0.091 (94.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Gnome Vinagre — versions 0.5.0, 0.5.1, 2.23.1
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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