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vinagre — security advisory
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.
- Products
- vinagre
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.5.1-2
- CVEs
- CVE-2008-5660
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:32 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5660
vinagre
Fixed versions: 0.5.1-2
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5660",
"method": "structured",
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"title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5660",
"summary": "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.",
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"modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:23.487787551Z",
"provider": "osv",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2008-12-17T20:30:01.047+00:00"
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