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CVE-2010-5304

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-5304 describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in LibVNCServer versions prior to 0.9.9, affecting products such as Fedora and LibVNCServer itself. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted ClientCutText message from a VNC client, leading to a denial-of-service condition by crashing the VNC server. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-exploitable attack with low complexity and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.9.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libvncserver_project:libvncserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0312 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-5304Important

realvnc: Null pointer dereference flaw in ClientCutText message handling

Sep 23, 2014

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/139654.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/139814.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/140219.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2014-September/139445.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / oss-sec/2014/q3/639
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/09/23/6
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory