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CVE-2012-4429

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4429 describes a vulnerability in Vino versions 2.28, 2.32, and 3.4.2, and earlier, where remote attackers can read clipboard activity by listening on TCP port 5900. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and potential for partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:david_king:vino:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:david_king:vino:0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:david_king:vino:0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:david_king:vino:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:david_king:vino:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-23
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0238 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: vino-0:2.28.1-8.el6_3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-4429Moderate

vino: information leak and authentication bypass

Jun 20, 2012

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0169.html
secunia.com / advisories/50527
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/78602
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/25
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/09/14/1
securityfocus.com / bid/55548
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1701-1