CVE-2014-8240
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.7.0-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.7.0-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.7.0-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.7.0-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.7.0-1 |
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
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8240
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.