CVE-2017-5581

Summary

CVECVE-2017-5581
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-28 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-01-05 02:31:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the ModifiablePixelBuffer::fillRect function in TigerVNC before 1.7.1 allows remote servers to execute arbitrary code via an RRE message with subrectangle outside framebuffer boundaries.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Tigervnc Tigervnc All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Fix buffer overflow in ModifiablePixelBuffer::fillRect. by michalsrb · Pull Request #399 · TigerVNC/tigervnc · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Fix buffer overflow in ModifiablePixelBuffer::fillRect. · TigerVNC/tigervnc@18c0201 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: [tigervnc-announce] TigerVNC 1.7.1 MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: [tigervnc-announce] TigerVNC 1.7.1 MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
TigerVNC CVE-2017-5581 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Release TigerVNC 1.7.1 · TigerVNC/tigervnc · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
TigerVNC: Buffer overflow (GLSA 201702-19) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710491 Gentoo Linux TigerVNC Buffer overflow Vulnerability (GLSA 201702-19)
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