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RealVNC VNC Viewer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (Linux)
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
10.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host has RealVNC VNC Viewer installed and is prone to security vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to error in 'CMsgReader::readRect()' function in common/rfb/CMsgReader.cxx processing encoding types, and is exploited by sending specially crafted messages to the application.
Affected Software
Affected Software
RealVNC VNC Free Edition version prior to 4.1.3 on all running platform
Solution
Solution
Update to version 4.1.3 or later.