UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5581

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5581
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5581.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5581
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:51Z
Published
2017-02-28T18:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:21:23.622343Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / tigervnc

Package

Name
tigervnc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tigervnc@1.7.0+dfsg-8ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.7.0+dfsg-8ubuntu2

Affected versions

1.*

1.7.0+dfsg-7ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "tigervnc-common",
            "binary_version": "1.7.0+dfsg-8ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tigervnc-common-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.7.0+dfsg-8ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tigervnc-scraping-server",
            "binary_version": "1.7.0+dfsg-8ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tigervnc-scraping-server-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.7.0+dfsg-8ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tigervnc-standalone-server",
            "binary_version": "1.7.0+dfsg-8ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tigervnc-standalone-server-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.7.0+dfsg-8ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tigervnc-viewer",
            "binary_version": "1.7.0+dfsg-8ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tigervnc-viewer-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.7.0+dfsg-8ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tigervnc-xorg-extension",
            "binary_version": "1.7.0+dfsg-8ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tigervnc-xorg-extension-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.7.0+dfsg-8ubuntu2"
        }
    ]
}