CVE-2024-42049 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2024-07-28

Score: 9.1 Critical

EPSS: 5.8% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.05755.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://sourceforge.net/p/vnc-tight/bugs/1629/
https://www.tightvnc.com/whatsnew.php

History

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 22:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Tightvnc Tightvnc tightvnc
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:tightvnc:tightvnc::::::::
Vendors & Products		Tightvnc Tightvnc tightvnc
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Tightvnc Tightvnc

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-07-28T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:54:32.096Z

Reserved: 2024-07-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-42049

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:54:32.096Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-07-28T02:15:09.823

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-42049

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200

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