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medium 5.0

CVE-2012-4429 json

Vino 2.28, 2.32, 3.4.2, and earlier allows remote attackers to read clipboard activity by listening on TCP port 5900.

published 2012-10-01 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-4364

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.4%
EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Vino 2.28, 2.32, 3.4.2, and earlier allows remote attackers to read clipboard activity by listening on TCP port 5900.

Patch / fix

  • vino Debian 12 3.8.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4429

  • vino RHEL 6 2.28.1-8.el6_3

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:0169

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-4429 updated cvss 5.0

vino: information leak and authentication bypass

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) vino 2.28.1-8.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) vino 2.28.1-8.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) vino 2.28.1-8.el6_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0169
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 vino
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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