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CVE-2019-8280

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-03-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-788

Description

UltraVNC revision 1203 has out-of-bounds access vulnerability in VNC client inside RAW decoder, which can potentially result code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity. This vulnerability has been fixed in revision 1204.

Affected products

• Kaspersky Lab UltraVNC: before 1.2.2.3 — fixed in 1.2.2.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Kaspersky Lab UltraVNC 1.2.2.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-286838.pdf
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-927095.pdf
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-940818.pdf
• https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2019/03/01/klcert-19-009-ultravnc-access-of-memory-location-after-end-of-buffer/
• https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-131-11
• https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-161-06
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-286838.pdf
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-927095.pdf
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-940818.pdf
• https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2019/03/01/klcert-19-009-ultravnc-access-of-memory-location-after-end-of-buffer/
• https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-131-11
• https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-161-06

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