CVE-2017-5885
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 5.0%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-5885
To remediate CVE-2017-5885, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/gtk-vnc—upgrade to 0.6.0-3 or later
Is CVE-2017-5885 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 5.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.6.0-3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |