PT-2017-16735

CVE-2017-5884

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Published

2017-02-07

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Updated

2024-06-15

Description by

CVSS 3.1
7.8
High
MetricsAV: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.
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Related identifiers
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