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CVE-2008-4770

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4770 is a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability affecting RealVNC VNC Free Edition 4.0-4.1.2, Enterprise Edition E4.0-E4.4.2, and Personal Edition P4.0-P4.4.2. A remote VNC server can exploit a flaw in the CMsgReader::readRect function within the VNC Viewer component by sending crafted RFB protocol data, specifically related to "encoding type." This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity with a network attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:realvnc:realvnc:4.0:*:free:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:realvnc:realvnc:4.1.2:*:free:*:*:*:*:*
4.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:realvnc:realvnc:4.4.2:*:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
e4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:realvnc:realvnc:e4.0:*:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
p4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:realvnc:realvnc:p4.0:*:personal:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0405 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: vnc-0:4.0-0.beta4.1.8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: vnc-0:4.0-12.el4_7.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: vnc-0:4.1.2-14.el5_3.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-4770Moderate

vnc: vncviewer insufficient encoding value validation in CMsgReader::readRect

Nov 26, 2008

References

secunia.com / advisories/32317
secunia.com / advisories/33689
secunia.com / advisories/34184
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/45969
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/47937
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9367
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
PatchVendor Advisory
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg01025.html
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-17.xml
realvnc.com / pipermail/vnc-list/2008-November/059432.html
realvnc.com / products/free/4.1/release-notes.html
realvnc.com / products/upgrade.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0261.html
securityfocus.com / bid/31832
securityfocus.com / bid/33263
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2868