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


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.4% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-TIGERVNCSERVERMODULE-2502307
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed14 Dec 2016

Introduced: 14 Dec 2016

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 tigervnc-server-module to version 0:1.3.1-3.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2015-2233.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tigervnc-server-module package and not the tigervnc-server-module package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle: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.

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