CVE-2014-8241

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-8241
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-12-14 22:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionXRegion 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.006950000 probability, percentile 0.720060000 (date 2026-05-11)

Problem Types: CWE-476 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Application Tigervnc Tigervnc - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
oss-sec: Re: Request for CVE assignment for tigervnc affected by similar flaws as in CVE-2014-6051 and CVE-2014-6052 of libvncserver af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List
Bug 1151312 – CVE-2014-8241 tigervnc: NULL pointer dereference flaw in XRegion af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
TigerVNC NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
oss-sec: Request for CVE assignment for tigervnc affected by similar flaws as in CVE-2014-6051 and CVE-2014-6052 of libvncserver af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List
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