David King's vulnerability profile centers on Vino, a niche remote-access and display-sharing component found in certain Linux desktop environments, with a recurring pattern of memory-safety and input-validation weaknesses including buffer-boundary violations, information exposure, and improper input handling. The vendor's disclosures tend to attract public exploit tooling, making patched versions of affected products a remediation priority for organizations deploying the affected infrastructure. Live severity, exploitation, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by David King over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (6 CVEs).
6 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2013-5745HIGH The vino_server_client_data_pending function in vino-server.c in GNOME Vino 2.26.1, 2.32.1, 3.7.3, and earlier, and 3.8 when encryption is disabled, does not properly clear client | Oct 1, 2013 | 7.1 | 39 | NO | YES |
CVE-2012-4429MEDIUM Vino 2.28, 2.32, 3.4.2, and earlier allows remote attackers to read clipboard activity by listening on TCP port 5900. | Oct 1, 2012 | 5.0 | 20 | NO | NO |
CVE-2011-1165MEDIUM Vino, possibly before 3.2, does not properly document that it opens ports in UPnP routers when the "Configure network to automatically accept connections" setting is enabled, which | Mar 12, 2013 | 5.1 | 18 | NO | NO |
CVE-2011-1164MEDIUM Vino before 2.99.4 can connect external networks contrary to the statement in the vino-preferences dialog box, which might make it easier for remote attackers to perform attacks. | Mar 12, 2013 | 4.6 | 17 | NO | NO |
The rfbSendFramebufferUpdate function in server/libvncserver/rfbserver.c in vino-server in Vino 2.x before 2.28.3, 2.32.x before 2.32.2, 3.0.x before 3.0.2, and 3.1.x before 3.1.1, | May 10, 2011 | 3.5 | 15 | NO | NO |
The rfbSendFramebufferUpdate function in server/libvncserver/rfbserver.c in vino-server in Vino 2.x before 2.28.3, 2.32.x before 2.32.2, 3.0.x before 3.0.2, and 3.1.x before 3.1.1, | May 10, 2011 | 3.5 | 15 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (6 CVEs).
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