01 March 2019

KLCERT-19-010: UltraVNC Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Vendor

UltraVNC

Timeline

Timeline

  • Kaspersky ICS CERT advisory updated

    26 January 2024

  • Kaspersky ICS CERT advisory published

    01 March 2019

  • Vendor releases patch

    February 2019

  • Vulnerabilities reported

    17 January 2019

Description

UltraVNC before 1.2.2.4 has stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in VNC client code inside ShowConnInfo routine, which leads to a denial-of-service (DoS) condition of VNC client.

Exploitability

Remotely

Attack complexity

Low

User interaction

None

Attack Conditions

The security vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker with network access to the affected systems. Successful exploitation requires user connection to the attacker’s server.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause denial-of-service condition of VNC client.

Existence of exploit

PoC

Affected products

UltraVNC before 1.2.2.4

Mitigation

Vendor mitigation

Update UltraVNC to 1.2.2.4 or newer

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Timeline

  • Kaspersky ICS CERT advisory updated

    26 January 2024

  • Kaspersky ICS CERT advisory published

    01 March 2019

  • Vendor releases patch

    February 2019

  • Vulnerabilities reported

    17 January 2019