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tigervnc — security advisory
In TigerVNC 1.7.1 (CConnection.cxx CConnection::CConnection), an unauthenticated client can cause a small memory leak in the server.
- Products
- tigervnc
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.7.0+dfsg-7
- CVEs
- CVE-2017-7396
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 17:44 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In TigerVNC 1.7.1 (CConnection.cxx CConnection::CConnection), an unauthenticated client can cause a small memory leak in the server.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7396
tigervnc
Fixed versions: 1.7.0+dfsg-7
tigervnc
Fixed versions: 1.7.0+dfsg-7
tigervnc
Fixed versions: 1.7.0+dfsg-7
Complete source record
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