CVE-2007-0756

N/A Unknown
Published: February 06, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/33637
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2220
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458907/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466966/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22372
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32166
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3257
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/33637
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2220
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458907/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466966/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22372
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32166
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3257
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
10.3%
93th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

chicken_of_the_vnc