Memory leak in TigerVNC - CVE-2017-7392

 

Memory leak in TigerVNC - CVE-2017-7392

Published: April 1, 2017 / Updated: August 19, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU39304
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7392
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: tigervnc.org
Affected software:
TigerVNC

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the server. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-7392

Install update from vendor's website.

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