CVE-2024-42049

TightVNC: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2024-42049 is fixed in TightVNC on 1 platform by TightVNC 2.8.84 (version 2.8.84), released May 15, 2024. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Urgent.

Urgent

CVSS

9.1

No vendor severity

Exploitation

None reported

No vendor assessment

CISA KEV

Not listed

Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

EPSS

0.0215

82nd percentile

TightVNC (Server for Windows) before 2.8.84 allows attackers to connect to the control pipe via a network connection.

Where it's fixed

Product	Fixed in	Fix	Released
Windows apps
TightVNC	2.8.84	TightVNC 2.8.84	May 15, 2024

Details

Published
July 28, 2024
Weakness
CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Vendor advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42049

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