CVE-2017-5581

NameCVE-2017-5581
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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs852213

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
tigervnc (PTS)bullseye1.11.0+dfsg-2+deb11u1fixed
bookworm1.12.0+dfsg-8fixed
sid, trixie1.14.1+dfsg-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
tigervncsource(unstable)1.7.0+dfsg-3852213

Notes

https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/pull/399
https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/commit/18c020124ff1b2441f714da2017f63dba50720ba

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