CVE•Published 2017-04-01•Modified 2026-05-13•0 articles on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2017-7396Tigervnc · Tigervnc
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
7.5
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
In TigerVNC 1.7.1 (CConnection.cxx CConnection::CConnection), an unauthenticated client can cause a small memory leak in the server.
Timeline
Published 2017-04-01
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2017-7396Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Tigervnc Tigervnc" version:"1.7.1"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Tigervnc"HTTP body or banner mentions "Tigervnc" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2017-7396Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2017-7396Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2017-7396Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2017-7396GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2017-7396" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (3)
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