CVE-2016-10207

7.5 HIGH

Published: February 28, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

The Xvnc server in TigerVNC allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and crash) by terminating a TLS handshake early.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-02/msg00020.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Third Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0630.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/22

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/05/2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96012

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2000

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1023012

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/commit/8aa4bc53206c2430bbf0c8f4b642f59a379ee649

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-13

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-02/msg00020.html