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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.06% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-TIGERVNCSERVERAPPLET-2056174
  • 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-server-applet to version 0:1.3.1-3.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tigervnc-server-applet package and not the tigervnc-server-applet 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 Base Scores

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