CVE-2014-8241
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8
Description
XRegion in TigerVNC allows remote VNC servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) by leveraging failure to check a malloc return value, a similar issue to CVE-2014-6052.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8241
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhel | 7.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.7.0-2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.7.0-2 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.7.0-2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.7.0-2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.7.0-2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| tigervnc | tigervnc | - | |
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/278
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/300
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70390
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151312
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2233.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8241
CWEs
CWE-476
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.