Security advisory

{
  "id": "d08a53c869429b7d4dead61750447d41c7f7c1ca9a9667bd3af2f3244ab13fe1",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7396",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-7396",
    "summary": "In TigerVNC 1.7.1 (CConnection.cxx CConnection::CConnection), an unauthenticated client can cause a small memory leak in the server.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-7396",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-7396",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-7396"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/tigervnc/tigervnc",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "6172cc01dd7d1493064571b341c978e2df7725d7"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "6172cc01dd7d1493064571b341c978e2df7725d7"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:tigervnc:tigervnc:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.7.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.7.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.7.1",
            "v1.7.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-7396.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:28.002897826Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2000",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-13",
        "https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/pull/436",
        "https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/pull/436/commits/dccb5f7d776e93863ae10bbff56a45c523c6eeb0"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-7396",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380466,
  "published_at": "2017-04-01T02:59:00.397+00:00"
}