01 March 2019

KLCERT-19-019: UltraVNC Off-by-one Error

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

    06 February 2019

Description

UltraVNC before 1.2.2.4 has a multiple off-by-one vulnerabilities in VNC server code, which can potentially result in code execution.

Exploitability

Remotely

Attack complexity

Low

User interaction

None

Attack Conditions

Successful exploitation requires user connection to the attacker’s server.

Impact

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.

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

    06 February 2019