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CVE-2017-7392

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7392 describes a memory leak vulnerability in TigerVNC 1.7.1, specifically within the SSecurityVeNCrypt::SSecurityVeNCrypt function, allowing an unauthenticated client to cause a small memory leak on the server. This vulnerability is rated as High severity (CVSS 7.5), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and high impact on availability, though without affecting confidentiality or integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

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

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
1.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0172 is in the 58th 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 (4)

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
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: tigervnc

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-7392Low

tigervnc: SSecurityVeNCrypt memory leak

Mar 29, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2000
github.com / TigerVNC/tigervnc/pull/441
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201801-13
securityfocus.com / bid/97305