CVE-2024-42458 is a critical vulnerability affecting Neat VNC (neatvnc) versions prior to 0.8.1, stemming from improper security type validation in server.c. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability over the network with low attack complexity. Despite its high severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:any1:neatvnc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.