Out-of-Bounds Affecting tigervnc-server package, versions <0:1.3.1-3.31.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.86% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-TIGERVNCSERVER-1692732
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed16 Oct 2014

Introduced: 16 Oct 2014

CVE-2014-8240  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 tigervnc-server to version 0:1.3.1-3.31.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2015-623.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tigervnc-server package and not the tigervnc-server package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1