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CVE-2002-1511
The vncserver wrapper for vnc before 3.3.3r2-21 uses the rand() function instead of srand(), which causes vncserver to generate weak…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.8%
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- mitre
Description
The vncserver wrapper for vnc before 3.3.3r2-21 uses the rand() function instead of srand(), which causes vncserver to generate weak cookies.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- 56161 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- CLSA-2003:640 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- http://changelogs.credativ.org/debian/pool/main/v/vnc/vnc_3.3.6-3/changelog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:041 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- vnc-rand-weak-cookie(11384) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MDKSA-2003:022 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 200302-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:068 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 6905 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .