CVE-2014-8241

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.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.43%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/278 mailing list
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2233.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151312 issue tracking
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70390 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/300 mailing list
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-8241?
CVE-2014-8241 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-8241?
To fix CVE-2014-8241, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-8241 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2014-8241 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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