CVE-2014-8240

TigerVNC - Remote Code Execution via Screen Size Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151307
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/278
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-36
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96947
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70391
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/300

Scores

EPSS 0.0355
EPSS Percentile 87.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (5)
tigervnc/tigervnc 0.0.90
tigervnc/tigervnc 0.0.91
tigervnc/tigervnc 1.0.0
tigervnc/tigervnc 1.0.1
tigervnc/tigervnc 1.1.0
Published Oct 16, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026