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.
                
            References
                    | Link | Resource | 
|---|---|
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/278 | Mailing List | 
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/300 | Mailing List | 
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html | |
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70390 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry | 
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151312 | Issue Tracking | 
| https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2233.html | Third Party Advisory | 
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/278 | Mailing List | 
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/300 | Mailing List | 
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html | |
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70390 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry | 
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151312 | Issue Tracking | 
| https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2233.html | Third Party Advisory | 
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Information
                Published : 2016-12-14 22:59
Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46
NVD link : CVE-2014-8241
Mitre link : CVE-2014-8241
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-8241
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Products Affected
                redhat
- enterprise_linux_desktop
- enterprise_linux_workstation
- enterprise_linux_hpc_node
- enterprise_linux_server
tigervnc
- tigervnc
CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-476
                        
            NULL Pointer Dereference
