Range Error Affecting gtk-vnc package, versions <0.6.0-3
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-GTKVNC-11745331
- published10 Aug 2025
- disclosed28 Feb 2017
Introduced: 28 Feb 2017
CVE-2017-5884 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:14 gtk-vnc to version 0.6.0-3 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gtk-vnc package and not the gtk-vnc package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5884
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5884
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LGPQ5MQR6SN4DYTEFACHP2PP5RR26KYK/
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778048
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk-vnc/commit/?id=ea0386933214c9178aaea9f2f85049ea3fa3e14a
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/03/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/05/5
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2258
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96016
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-5884
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5884
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1418944
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LGPQ5MQR6SN4DYTEFACHP2PP5RR26KYK/