CVE•Published 2017-02-28•Modified 2026-05-13•0 articles on news•7 live references•NVD data
CVE-2017-5884Fedoraproject · Fedora
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
7.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
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.
Timeline
Published 2017-02-28
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
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Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2017-5884Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · OS
os:"Fedora"Hosts Shodan identified as running Fedora.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2017-5884Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2017-5884Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2017-5884Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2017-5884GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2017-5884" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (1)
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