CVE-2009-0388

Published: Feb 4, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-189

10.0CRITICAL

NVD MITRE

Description

Multiple integer signedness errors in (1) UltraVNC 1.0.2 and 1.0.5 and (2) TightVnc 1.3.9 allow remote VNC servers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large length value in a message, related to the (a) ClientConnection::CheckBufferSize and (b) ClientConnection::CheckFileZipBufferSize functions in ClientConnection.cpp.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:CConfidentiality

Complete

I:CIntegrity

Complete

A:CAvailability

Complete

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Weaknesses

CWE-189

Affected Products

tightvnc

commercialaka tight vnc, tightvnc server

tightvncOn-prem

Communications

ultravnc

commercialaka ultra vnc

ultravncOn-prem

Consumer Software / productivity

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Exploitability

4 exploit sources identified

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References

http://forum.ultravnc.info/viewtopic.php?t=14654

forum.ultravnc.info

http://vnc-tight.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/vnc-tight?view=rev&revision=3564

vnc-tight.svn.sourceforge.net

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0321

vupen.com

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