CVE-2009-0388: tightvnc Numeric Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2009-0388 is a high (CVSS 10.0) Numeric Errors vulnerability in tightvnc. EPSS estimates a 13.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 4 public exploits are recorded.
Timeline
- 04-02-2009PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
13.33%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
96%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 13.33% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
4 foundExploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (coresecurity.com)
Maturity: unknown
TightVNC - Authentication Failure Integer Overflow (PoC)
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
2 vendors · 2 products
References
10 links- forum.ultravnc.info/viewtopic.php?t=14654X Refsource CONFIRM
- vnc-tight.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/vnc-tight?view=rev&revision=3564X Refsource CONFIRM