CVE-2017-5885

PoC —

CVSS 3.0

9.8 critical

EPSS

5%p92

Published

Feb 28, 2017 (Feb 28, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: fedoraproject gnome
Products: fedora, gtk-vnc
Weakness: CWE-190
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (5.0%)

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