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CVE-2016-10207

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10207 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Xvnc server component of TigerVNC, affecting openSUSE Leap and TigerVNC distributions. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash the server by prematurely terminating a TLS handshake, leading to an invalid memory access. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it presents a network-based attack with low complexity and no user interaction required, resulting in high availability impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.0.90CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tigervnc:tigervnc:0.0.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.0.91CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tigervnc:tigervnc:0.0.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tigervnc:tigervnc:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0318 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: tigervnc-0:1.1.0-24.el6
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
susepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-10207Moderate

tigervnc: VNC server can crash when TLS handshake terminates early

Aug 23, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2017-02/msg00020.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0630.html
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2000
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.suse.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / TigerVNC/tigervnc/commit/8aa4bc53206c2430bbf0c8f4b642f59a379ee649
Patch
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201801-13
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/22
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/02/05/2
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96012
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry