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.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151312 | Issue Tracking |
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/300 | Mailing List |
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2233.html | Third Party Advisory |
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/278 | Mailing List |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70390 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html | |
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html |
Configurations
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Information
Published : 2016-12-14 14:59
Updated : 2016-12-19 18:59
NVD link : CVE-2014-8241
Mitre link : CVE-2014-8241
JSON object : View
CWE
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
Products Affected
redhat
- enterprise_linux_desktop
- enterprise_linux_hpc_node
- enterprise_linux_workstation
- enterprise_linux_server
tigervnc
- tigervnc