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.

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

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CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
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

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:tigervnc:tigervnc:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:::::::*

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

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