CVE-2014-8240: Buffer Overflow
First published: Fri Oct 10 2014(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Tigervnc Tigervnc | =0.0.90 | |
| Tigervnc Tigervnc | =0.0.91 | |
| Tigervnc Tigervnc | =1.0.0 | |
| Tigervnc Tigervnc | =1.0.1 | |
| Tigervnc Tigervnc | =1.1.0 |
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Reference Links
- 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
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6051
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=947578&action=diff
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=947578&action=edit
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2233.html
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