CVE-2014-8241
moderate-risk
Published 2016-12-14
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.
Do I need to act?
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0.69% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10
Critical
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (5)
References (14)
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/278
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/300
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70390
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151312
Third Party Advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2233.html
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/278
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/300
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70390
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151312
Third Party Advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2233.html
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
32/34 · Critical
Exploitability
2/34 · Minimal
Exposure
12/34 · Low