CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-5885
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-02-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-190
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) vnc_connection_server_message and (2) vnc_color_map_set functions in gtk-vnc before 0.7.0 allow remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving SetColorMapEntries, which triggers a buffer overflow.
Affected configurations
• fedoraproject fedora 25
• gnome gtk-vnc (<= 0.6.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness
References
- 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 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96016 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2258 access.redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778050 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk-vnc/commit/?id=c8583fd3783c5b811590fcb7bae4ce6e7344963e Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LGPQ5MQR6SN4DYTEFACHP2PP5RR26KYK/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- 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 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96016 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2258 access.redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778050 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk-vnc/commit/?id=c8583fd3783c5b811590fcb7bae4ce6e7344963e Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LGPQ5MQR6SN4DYTEFACHP2PP5RR26KYK/ lists.fedoraproject.org