Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU39308

Memory leak in TigerVNC - CVE-2017-7396

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

Vulnerability identifier: #VU39308

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7396

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.

TigerVNC
Fedora
tigervnc

Install update from vendor's website.

tigervnc - addressed in versions 1.7.1-3.fc25, 1.7.1-4.fc24, 1.7.1-4.fc26