Improper Null Termination in UltraVNC - CVE-2019-8275

 

Improper Null Termination in UltraVNC - CVE-2019-8275

Published: November 26, 2019 / Updated: November 27, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU22995
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-8275
CWE-ID: CWE-170
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: ultravnc.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
UltraVNC

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in VNC server code due to the affected software does not terminate or incorrectly terminates a string or array with a null character or equivalent terminator. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-8275

Install updates from vendor's website.

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