CVE-2014-8240

Public on 2014-10-16
Modified on 2015-12-13
Description
An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way TigerVNC handled screen sizes. A malicious VNC server could use this flaw to cause a client to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code on the client.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.8
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 tigervnc 2015-12-14 ALAS-2015-623 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv2 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P