CVE-2017-7395
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
VIR risk
6.5
Description
In TigerVNC 1.7.1 (SMsgReader.cxx SMsgReader::readClientCutText), by causing an integer overflow, an authenticated client can crash the server.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.7.0+dfsg-7 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.7.0+dfsg-7 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.7.0+dfsg-7 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.7.0+dfsg-7 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.7.0+dfsg-7 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| tigervnc | tigervnc | 1.7.1 | |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97305
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2000
- https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/pull/436
- https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/pull/436/commits/bf3bdac082978ca32895a4b6a123016094905689
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-13
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7395.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7395
CWEs
CWE-190
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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.