THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-10207
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-10207

Leap vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Opensuse
Affected product
Leap
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2017-02-28

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-10207

  • Confirm whether Opensuse Leap is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-10207.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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