CVE-2017-5884

HIGH

gtk-vnc <0.7.0 - RCE

Title source: llm

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 (7)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/03/5

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/05/5

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96016

[Vendor Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2258

[Exploit, Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778048

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk-vnc/commit/?id=ea0386933214c9178aaea9f2f85049ea3fa3e14a

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LGPQ5MQR6SN4DYTEFACHP2PP5RR26KYK/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0046

EPSS Percentile 63.6%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-118

Status draft

Affected Products (2)

fedoraproject/fedora

gnome/gtk-vnc < 0.6.0

Timeline

Published Feb 28, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026