CVE-2019-25601 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2019-25601

UltraVNC Launcher 1.2.2.4 Denial of Service Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability Description

UltraVNC Launcher 1.2.2.4 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Path vncviewer.exe property field that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string. Attackers can input a 300-byte payload of repeated characters through the Properties dialog to trigger a denial of service condition.

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

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Victor Mondragón

References

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

UltraVNC Launcher
Vulnerable Versions:
1.2.2.4

Timeline

Official Publish: March 22nd, 2026
Last Modified: March 23rd, 2026
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1055 Process Injection
Defense Evasion
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
Command and Control
T1485 Data Destruction
Impact