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CVE-2017-5581
Buffer overflow in the ModifiablePixelBuffer::fillRect function in TigerVNC before 1.7.1 allows remote servers to execute arbitrary code…
Critical9.8EPSS 4.2%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
Buffer 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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.2% · top 8.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- [oss-security] 20170121 Re: [tigervnc-announce] TigerVNC 1.7.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0630 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2000 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-201702-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/pull/399 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/commit/18c020124ff1b2441f714da2017f63dba50720ba (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/releases/tag/v1.7.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20170125 Re: [tigervnc-announce] TigerVNC 1.7.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 95789 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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