Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2014-8241 (CCN-96948)

Assigned:2014-10-10
Published:2014-10-10
Updated:2016-12-20
Summary: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 v3 Severity:9.8 Critical (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:7.5 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
6.0 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:U/RC:UR)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
4.0 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:U/RC:UR)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
6.8 Medium (REDHAT CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
5.5 Medium (REDHAT Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:U/RC:UR)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-476
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2014-8241

Source: CCN
Type: oss-security Mailing List, Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:29:49 +0530
Request for CVE assignment for tigervnc affected by similar flaws as in CVE-2014-6051 and CVE-2014-6052 of libvncserver

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List
[oss-security] 20141010 Request for CVE assignment for tigervnc affected by similar flaws as in CVE-2014-6051 and CVE-2014-6052 of libvncserver

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List
[oss-security] 20141011 Re: Request for CVE assignment for tigervnc affected by similar flaws as in CVE-2014-6051 and CVE-2014-6052 of libvncserver

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
70390

Source: CCN
Type: BID-70390
TigerVNC NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 1151312
tigervnc: NULL pointer dereference flaw in XRegion

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151312

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
tigervnc-cve20148241-dos(96948)

Source: REDHAT
Type: Third Party Advisory
RHSA-2015:2233

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2014-8241

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:tigervnc:tigervnc:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration RedHat 1:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration RedHat 2:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::client:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration RedHat 3:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration RedHat 4:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::server:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration RedHat 5:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:tigervnc:tigervnc:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:tigervnc:tigervnc:0.0.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:tigervnc:tigervnc:0.0.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:tigervnc:tigervnc:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:tigervnc:tigervnc:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20152233
    P
    RHSA-2015:2233: tigervnc security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Moderate)
    2015-11-19
    BACK
    tigervnc tigervnc -
    redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
    redhat enterprise linux hpc node 7.0
    redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
    redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
    tigervnc tigervnc 1.1.0
    tigervnc tigervnc 0.0.90
    tigervnc tigervnc 0.0.91
    tigervnc tigervnc 1.0.0
    tigervnc tigervnc 1.0.1