gtk-vnc before 0.7.0 does not properly check boundaries of subrectangle-containing tiles, which allows remote servers to execute arbitrary…

Description

gtk-vnc before 0.7.0 does not properly check boundaries of subrectangle-containing tiles, which allows remote servers to execute arbitrary code via the src x, y coordinates in a crafted (1) rre, (2) hextile, or (3) copyrect tile.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.3% · top 17% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-118 (opens in a new tab)Other CVEs with CWE-118

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• [oss-security] 20170203 CVE request for two input validation flaws in gtk-vnc (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 96016 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778048 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2017:2258 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• FEDORA-2017-ab04a91edd (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk-vnc/commit/?id=ea0386933214c9178aaea9f2f85049ea3fa3e14a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20170204 Re: CVE request for two input validation flaws in gtk-vnc (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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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Record last updated 5 Aug 2024, 15:11 UTC.