CVE-2017-5884
CVSS V2 Medium 6.8
CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2017-5884
- Assigner
- secalert@redhat.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2017-02-28T18:59:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2023-02-12T23:29:50
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gtk-vnc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 0.6.0 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- MEDIUM
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 6.8
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 8.6
- Impact Score
- 6.4
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 7.8
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 1.8
- Impact Score
- 5.9
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5884 | |
| https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778048 | Exploit Issue Tracking |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1418944 | |
| https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk-vnc/commit/?id=ea0386933214c9178aaea9f2f85049ea3fa3e14a | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LGPQ5MQR6SN4DYTEFACHP2PP5RR26KYK/ |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5884 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5884 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 18:51:29 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 14:17:25 | 2017-02-28T18:59Z | 2017-02-28T18:59:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 14:17:25 | 2018-01-05T02:31:49 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 14:17:25 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated | |
| 2023-02-02 17:05:54 | 2023-02-02T15:17:21 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2023-02-02 17:05:55 | 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. | Description | updated |
| 2023-02-02 17:05:56 | References | updated | ||
| 2023-02-13 00:06:06 | 2023-02-12T23:29:50 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2023-02-13 00:06:08 | 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. | Description | updated |