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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 28, 2017, 6:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 12, 2023, 11:29 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-5884 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Gnome gtk-vnc
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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 12, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description It was found that gtk-vnc lacked proper bounds checking while processing messages using RRE, hextile, or copyrect encodings. A remote malicious VNC server could use this flaw to crash VNC viewers which are based on the gtk-vnc library. 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.
    Removed CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5884 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1418944 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed 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. It was found that gtk-vnc lacked proper bounds checking while processing messages using RRE, hextile, or copyrect encodings. A remote malicious VNC server could use this flaw to crash VNC viewers which are based on the gtk-vnc library.
    Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
    Removed Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LGPQ5MQR6SN4DYTEFACHP2PP5RR26KYK/ [Third Party Advisory]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LGPQ5MQR6SN4DYTEFACHP2PP5RR26KYK/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1418944 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5884 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2258 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 02, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LGPQ5MQR6SN4DYTEFACHP2PP5RR26KYK/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LGPQ5MQR6SN4DYTEFACHP2PP5RR26KYK/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/05/5 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/05/5 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk-vnc/commit/?id=ea0386933214c9178aaea9f2f85049ea3fa3e14a No Types Assigned https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk-vnc/commit/?id=ea0386933214c9178aaea9f2f85049ea3fa3e14a Third Party Advisory, Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778048 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778048 Issue Tracking, Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/03/5 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/03/5 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96016 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96016 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-118
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gtk-vnc:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.25 }} 0.02%

score

0.65344

percentile

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