NULL pointer dereference in Tigervnc
CVE-2014-8241
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.031 (87.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.031 · newest: 0.031 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Tigervnc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/278 (mailing-list, Mailing List)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2233.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/70390 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/300 (mailing-list, Mailing List)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-8241?
- CVE-2014-8241 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Tigervnc, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-12-14.
- How severe is CVE-2014-8241?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.