DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5885

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5885
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5885.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5885
Upstream
Published
2017-02-28T18:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:35Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) vncconnectionservermessage and (2) vnccolormapset 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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / gtk-vnc

Package

Name
gtk-vnc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gtk-vnc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.0-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / gtk-vnc

Package

Name
gtk-vnc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gtk-vnc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.0-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / gtk-vnc

Package

Name
gtk-vnc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gtk-vnc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.0-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / gtk-vnc

Package

Name
gtk-vnc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gtk-vnc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.0-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}