Vulnerability Details CVE-2014-8240
Integer overflow in TigerVNC allows remote VNC servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to screen size handling, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, a similar issue to CVE-2014-6051.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.009
EPSS Ranking 74.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 7.5
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/278
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/300
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70391
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151307
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96947
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-36
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/278
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/300
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70391
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151307
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96947
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-36
Products affected by CVE-2014-8240
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cpe:2.3:a:tigervnc:tigervnc:0.0.90
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cpe:2.3:a:tigervnc:tigervnc:0.0.91
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cpe:2.3:a:tigervnc:tigervnc:1.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:tigervnc:tigervnc:1.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:tigervnc:tigervnc:1.1.0