CVE-2007-0756

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Published Feb 6, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 4.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

Chicken of the VNC (cotv) 2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large computer-name size value in a ServerInit packet, which triggers a failed malloc and a resulting NULL dereference.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:chicken_of_the_vnc:chicken_of_the_vnc:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 4.5% (4.458% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/33637
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2220
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458907/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466966/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22372
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32166
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3257

History

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Subscriptions

Chicken Of The Vnc Chicken Of The Vnc

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 12:26 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Feb 6, 2007, 2:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 12:26 PM
Reserved: Feb 5, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:36 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Feb 6, 2007, 2:28 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:36 PM

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