CVE-2007-0756

Public Exploit

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.

7.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 8.68% Top 10%

Third-Party Advisory securityreason.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22372	vdb entry exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458907/100/0/threaded	mailing list
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3257	exploit
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2220	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466966/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://osvdb.org/33637	vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32166	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-0756?: CVE-2007-0756 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-0756?: To fix CVE-2007-0756, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-0756 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-0756 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~9% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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