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CVE-2017-5884

high

Description

gtk-vnc before 0.7.0 does not properly check boundaries of subrectangle-containing tiles, which allows remote servers to execute arbitrary code via the src x, y coordinates in a crafted (1) rre, (2) hextile, or (3) copyrect tile.

References

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LGPQ5MQR6SN4DYTEFACHP2PP5RR26KYK/

https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk-vnc/commit/?id=ea0386933214c9178aaea9f2f85049ea3fa3e14a

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2258

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96016

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/05/5

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/03/5

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778048

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-02-28

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00594