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CVE-2009-0388

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0388 is a critical vulnerability affecting UltraVNC 1.0.2 and 1.0.5, and TightVNC 1.3.9, stemming from multiple integer signedness errors. A remote VNC server can exploit this to cause a denial of service through heap corruption and application crashes, or potentially execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, proof-of-concept exploits are publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tightvnc:tightvnc:1.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ultravnc:ultravnc:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ultravnc:ultravnc:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
13.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-8024 · Feb 9, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1333 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

forum.ultravnc.info / viewtopic.php
secunia.com / advisories/33807
exploit-db.com / exploits/7990
exploit-db.com / exploits/8024
vnc-tight.svn.sourceforge.net / viewvc/vnc-tight
coresecurity.com / content/vnc-integer-overflows
Exploit
securityfocus.com / archive/1/500632/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/33568
ExploitPatch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0321
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0322