01 Record

CVE-2017-5884

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)

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 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)

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 2.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Ranks above 81.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2017-02-28 18:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 15:11Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-02-04

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-118Incorrect Access of Indexable Resource ('Range Error')Class
CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

19c2dc522a795710da9c0eb905ab21d67a63d1f471c3fc02d304f6e8a2fccf3c

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

fedoraprojectfedoraNot specified—

gnomegtk-vncNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

06 References

www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170203 CVE request for two input validation flaws in gtk-vnchttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/03/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.securityfocus.com96016http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96016vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
bugzilla.gnome.orghttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778048x_refsource_CONFIRM
access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2258https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2258vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2017-ab04a91eddhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LGPQ5MQR6SN4DYTEFACHP2PP5RR26KYK/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
git.gnome.orghttps://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk-vnc/commit/?id=ea0386933214c9178aaea9f2f85049ea3fa3e14ax_refsource_CONFIRM
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170204 Re: CVE request for two input validation flaws in gtk-vnchttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/05/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

01 Record index

CVE-2017-5884

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References

02 Records

CVE-2017-5884

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References