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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-5660 · published 17 December 2008

CVE-2008-5660: Gnome vinagre vulnerability

Gnome · Vinagre

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.

6.8 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 9.1% · top 4.9% CWE-134 · CWE-134
6.8CVSS 2.0 base score
9.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
24References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/33041 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33046 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33082 Vendor Advisory
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vinagre-format-string Exploit
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:240 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499057/100/0/threaded
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-689-1 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3362
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475070
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7401
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00473.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00485.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33041 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33046 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33082 Vendor Advisory
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vinagre-format-string Exploit
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:240 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499057/100/0/threaded
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-689-1 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3362
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475070
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7401
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00473.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00485.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-5660), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.