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High
CVE-2007-0756
Chicken of the VNC (cotv) 2.0 allows remote attackers to...
Vulnerability Description
Chicken of the VNC (cotv) 2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large computer-name size value in a ServerInit packet, which triggers a failed malloc and a resulting NULL dereference.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22372
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458907/100/0/threaded
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3257
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2220
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466966/100/0/threaded
- http://osvdb.org/33637
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32166
Affected Vendor
chicken of the vnc
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chicken of the vnc
Vulnerable Versions:
2.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 6th, 2007
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.