CVE-2017-5884
N/A
Published: February 28, 2017 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:21 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraGtk Vnc
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
95%
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/03/5Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/05/5VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96016Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2258x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778048x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk-vnc/commit/?id=ea0386933214c9178aaea9f2f85049ea3fa3e14aVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LGPQ5MQR6SN4DYTEFACHP2PP5RR26KYK/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-118
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