CVE-2017-1000044 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

gtk-vnc 0.4.2 and older doesn't check framebuffer boundaries correctly when updating framebuffer which may lead to memory corruption when rendering

Published: 2017-07-13

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 1.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gtk-vnc:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-1369	gtk-vnc 0.4.2 and older doesn't check framebuffer boundaries correctly when updating framebuffer which may lead to memory corruption when rendering

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01665.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk-vnc/commit/?id=f3fc5e57a78d4be9872f1394f697b9929873a737
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000044
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000044

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.01733}`	epss `{'score': 0.01665}`

Subscriptions

Gnome Gtk-vnc

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-07-13T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:53:06.209Z

Reserved: 2017-07-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-1000044

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-17T13:18:17.327

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-1000044

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-1000044 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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