CVE-2004-1750 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash RealVNC by flooding port 5900 with connections, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2004-1750?

CVE-2004-1750 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Feb 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

RealVNC 4.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of connections to port 5900.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1750?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Vnc Realvnc.

How do I fix CVE-2004-1750?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1750 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2004-1750 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1750 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9rg5-49f6-x8mf.

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