PT-2017-16735 · Gnome+5 · Gtk-Vnc+5

Josef Gajdusek · Published 2017-02-07 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-5884

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions gtk-vnc versions prior to 0.7.0

Description The issue arises from improper boundary checking of subrectangle-containing tiles, allowing remote servers to execute arbitrary code. This can be achieved by crafting specific tiles, including rre, hextile, or copyrect tiles, with malicious src x, y coordinates.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.7.0, update to version 0.7.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-118

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1146

CESA-2017_2258

CVE-2017-5884

DLA-831-1

MGASA-2017-0057

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10833-1

RHSA-2017:2258

RHSA-2017_2258

SUSE-SU-2021:3125-1

SUSE-SU-2021_3125-1

USN-3203-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

Gtk-Vnc

References · 30

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778048 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5884 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5884 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5884 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5884 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2021:3125-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5884 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2258 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5885 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3203-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10833-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3203-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0057.html · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5884 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk-vnc/commit/?id=ea0386933214c9178aaea9f2f85049ea3fa3e14a · Patch