CVE-2009-0388
HIGHEPSS 96th pctlDescription
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 v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://forum.ultravnc.info/viewtopic.php?t=14654
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33807
- http://vnc-tight.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/vnc-tight?view=rev&revision=3564
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vnc-integer-overflows
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500632/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33568
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0321
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0322
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7990
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8024
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Start freeThis product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.