Vulnerability CVE-2017-5884
Published: 2017-02-28

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.

Type:

CWE-118

 (Improper Access of Indexable Resource ('Range Error'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Gnome -> Gtk-vnc 
Fedoraproject -> Fedora 

 References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/03/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/05/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96016
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2258
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778048
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk-vnc/commit/?id=ea0386933214c9178aaea9f2f85049ea3fa3e14a
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LGPQ5MQR6SN4DYTEFACHP2PP5RR26KYK/
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