Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting mingw64-virt-viewer package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-MINGW64VIRTVIEWER-22272868
- published7 Nov 2026
- disclosed1 Feb 2017
Introduced: 1 Feb 2017
CVE-2017-5885 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 mingw64-virt-viewer.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mingw64-virt-viewer package and not the mingw64-virt-viewer package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) vnc_connection_server_message and (2) vnc_color_map_set 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
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1418952
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5885
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LGPQ5MQR6SN4DYTEFACHP2PP5RR26KYK/
- 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=778050
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk-vnc/commit/?id=c8583fd3783c5b811590fcb7bae4ce6e7344963e
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LGPQ5MQR6SN4DYTEFACHP2PP5RR26KYK/