UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5885

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5885
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5885.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5885
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Downstream
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Published
2017-02-07T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:08Z
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
  • Ubuntu - medium
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

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / gtk-vnc

Package

Name
gtk-vnc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gtk-vnc@0.5.3-0ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.5.3-0ubuntu2.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.5.2-1ubuntu2
0.5.3-0ubuntu1
0.5.3-0ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-gtk-vnc-2.0",
            "binary_version": "0.5.3-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gvncviewer",
            "binary_version": "0.5.3-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgtk-vnc-1.0-0",
            "binary_version": "0.5.3-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgtk-vnc-1.0-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.5.3-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgtk-vnc-2.0-0",
            "binary_version": "0.5.3-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgtk-vnc-2.0-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.5.3-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgvnc-1.0-0",
            "binary_version": "0.5.3-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgvnc-1.0-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.5.3-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-gtk-vnc",
            "binary_version": "0.5.3-0ubuntu2.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5885.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / gtk-vnc

Package

Name
gtk-vnc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gtk-vnc@0.5.3-1.3ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.5.3-1.3ubuntu2.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.5.3-1.3
0.5.3-1.3ubuntu1
0.5.3-1.3ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-gtk-vnc-2.0",
            "binary_version": "0.5.3-1.3ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gvncviewer",
            "binary_version": "0.5.3-1.3ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgtk-vnc-1.0-0",
            "binary_version": "0.5.3-1.3ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgtk-vnc-1.0-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.5.3-1.3ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgtk-vnc-2.0-0",
            "binary_version": "0.5.3-1.3ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgtk-vnc-2.0-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.5.3-1.3ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgvnc-1.0-0",
            "binary_version": "0.5.3-1.3ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgvnc-1.0-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.5.3-1.3ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-gtk-vnc",
            "binary_version": "0.5.3-1.3ubuntu2.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5885.json"