CVE-2014-8241
N/A
Published: December 14, 2016 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:16 AM UTC
5 products affected across 2 vendorsEnterprise Linux DesktopEnterprise Linux ServerEnterprise Linux Workstation
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (7)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70390x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151312Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2233.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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