Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 14, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2014-8241
CVE-2014-8241
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.
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Affected products
6- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- www.securityfocus.com/bid/70390nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2233.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/278nvdMailing List
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/300nvdMailing List
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.htmlnvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlnvd
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