PT-2021-4944

CVE-2021-42785

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Published

2021-09-17

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Updated

2021-11-29

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CVSS 2.0
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Critical
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions TightVNC Viewer (affected versions not specified)
Description The issue is related to a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the tvnviewer.exe component of TightVNC Viewer. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary instructions via a crafted FramebufferUpdate packet from a VNC server. The vulnerability is caused by a lack of size checking for input data, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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