NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting tigervnc-icons package, versions <0:1.3.1-3.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.09% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-TIGERVNCICONS-2056153
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Oct 2014

Introduced: 10 Oct 2014

CVE-2014-8241  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 tigervnc-icons to version 0:1.3.1-3.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tigervnc-icons package and not the tigervnc-icons package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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