CVE-2019-8266 is a critical vulnerability affecting UltraVNC revision 1207, stemming from multiple out-of-bounds access issues in the VNC client code. This flaw can lead to remote code execution and is exploitable over a network, though it requires user interaction to trigger. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it poses a severe risk due to its high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.2.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:uvnc:ultravnc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.