CVE-2017-5885

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2017-02-01
CWE:
CWE-190
Bugzilla:
1418952: CVE-2017-5885 gtk-vnc: Integer overflow when processing SetColorMapEntries
An integer overflow flaw was found in gtk-vnc. A remote malicious VNC server could use this flaw to crash VNC viewers which are based on the gtk-vnc library.

Find out more about CVE-2017-5885 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 3.1
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (gtk-vnc) RHSA-2017:2258 2017-08-01

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gtk-vnc Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gtk-vnc Will not fix
RHEV Manager 3 mingw-virt-viewer Will not fix

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