CVE-2017-5884

Publication date 7 February 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gtk-vnc 16.10 yakkety
Fixed 0.6.0-1ubuntu1.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.5.3-1.3ubuntu2.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.5.3-0ubuntu2.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 0.5.0-1ubuntu1.1

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
gtk-vnc

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3203-1
    • gtk-vnc vulnerabilities
    • 20 February 2017

Other references

Access our resources on patching vulnerabilities