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CVE-2017-7393

tigervnc: Double free via crafted fences

Severity Score

8.8
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

In TigerVNC 1.7.1 (VNCSConnectionST.cxx VNCSConnectionST::fence), an authenticated client can cause a double free, leading to denial of service or potentially code execution.

En TigerVNC 1.7.1 (VNCSConnectionST.cxx VNCSConnectionST::fence), un cliente autenticado puede provocar una liberación doble, conduciendo a denegación de servicio o potencialmente ejecución de código.

A double free flaw was found in the way TigerVNC handled ClientFence messages. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to make Xvnc crash by sending specially crafted ClientFence messages, resulting in denial of service.

Virtual Network Computing is a remote display system which allows users to view a computing desktop environment not only on the machine where it is running, but from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of machine architectures. TigerVNC is a suite of VNC servers and clients which allows users to connect to other desktops running a VNC server. FLTK is a cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit. It provides modern GUI functionality without the bloat, and supports 3D graphics via OpenGL and its built-in GLUT emulation. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: tigervnc, fltk.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2017-03-31 CVE Reserved
  • 2017-04-01 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-415: Double Free
  • CWE-416: Use After Free
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Tigervnc
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 Tigervnc
Search vendor "Tigervnc" for product "Tigervnc"
 1.7.1
Search vendor "Tigervnc" for product "Tigervnc" and version "1.7.1"
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Affected