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CVE-2017-7393

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7393 describes a double free vulnerability in TigerVNC version 1.7.1, specifically within the VNCSConnectionST::fence function, affecting both tigervnc and tigervnc products. This flaw allows an authenticated client to trigger a denial of service or potentially achieve arbitrary code execution. Rated with a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity and requires low privileges, posing high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tigervnc:tigervnc:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0182 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 17,823 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: fltk-0:1.3.4-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: tigervnc-0:1.8.0-1.el7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-7393Moderate

tigervnc: Double free via crafted fences

Mar 27, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2000
github.com / TigerVNC/tigervnc/pull/438
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201801-13
securityfocus.com / bid/97305