CVE-2008-5660

mediumpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.091 · 95 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

9.12% (95th) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

14 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Format string vulnerability in the vinagre_utils_show_error function (src/vinagre-utils.c) in Vinagre 0.5.x before 0.5.2 and 2.x before 2.24.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a crafted URI or VNC server response.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Psecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v2.06.1mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-134USprimaryCWE-134US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-7401Vinagre < 2.24.2 - 'show_error()' Remote Format String (PoC)functional · exploit_db

affected products (14)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Gentoo Foundation Inc. Gentoo Linux≤ 10.0fstec_bduRU
gnome vinagre= 0.5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnome:vinagre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome vinagre= 0.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnome:vinagre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome vinagre= 2.23.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnome:vinagre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome vinagre= 2.23.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnome:vinagre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome vinagre= 2.23.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnome:vinagre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome vinagre= 2.23.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnome:vinagre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome vinagre= 2.23.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnome:vinagre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome vinagre= 2.23.90nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnome:vinagre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome vinagre= 2.23.91nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnome:vinagre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome vinagre= 2.23.92nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnome:vinagre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome vinagre= 2.24.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnome:vinagre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome vinagre= 2.24.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnome:vinagre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

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sources

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enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2008-12-17modified 2026-06-16

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