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CVE-2017-5885
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…
Critical9.8EPSS 5.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 24 days later
· 24 days later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.0% · top 7.7% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk-vnc/commit/?id=c8583fd3783c5b811590fcb7bae4ce6e7344963e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20170203 CVE request for two input validation flaws in gtk-vnc (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 96016 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2258 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2017-ab04a91edd (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20170204 Re: CVE request for two input validation flaws in gtk-vnc (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778050 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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