CVE-2012-4429 Information disclosure in n/a
Medium 5.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-4429 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2012-4429 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Oct 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4429 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4429/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4429/index.md)
Remote attackers can read clipboard activity by listening on TCP port 5900 in Vino VNC server, exposing sensitive data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-4429?
CVE-2012-4429 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Oct 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Vino 2.28, 2.32, 3.4.2, and earlier allows remote attackers to read clipboard activity by listening on TCP port 5900.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4429?
It affects 1 product.
Products include David King Vino.
How do I fix CVE-2012-4429?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2012-4429 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4429 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4429, GHSA-9338-252x-62pc.