cve/2008/CVE-2008-5660.md

### [CVE-2008-5660](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5660)
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### Description

Format string vulnerability in the vinagre_utils_show_error function (src/vinagre-utils.c) in Vinagre 0.5.x before 0.5.2 and 2.x before 2.24.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a crafted URI or VNC server response.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vinagre-format-string
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475070
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7401

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.