Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2014-8240 | First vendor Publication | 2014-10-16 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2024-11-21 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
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| Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| 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. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8240 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28676 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28676 | ||
| Title: | SUSE-SU-2014:1592-1 -- Security update for tigervnc (moderate) | ||
| Description: | This update for tigervnc provides the following fixes: - Fixed integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in screen size handling. (CVE-2014-8240) - Send correctly keys that don't type any characters, such as CTRL+Space. (bnc#906922) | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | SUSE-SU-2014:1592-1 CVE-2014-8240 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | Product(s): | tigervnc |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 5 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2016-12-13 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201612-36.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-22 | Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20151119_tigervnc_on_SL7_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-15 | Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update. File : ala_ALAS-2015-623.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-02 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2015-2233.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-11-30 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-2233.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-11-20 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2015-2233.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-05-20 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2014-1592-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
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| 2024-11-28 12:43:17 |
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| 2021-05-04 12:34:53 |
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| 2021-04-22 01:42:25 |
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| 2020-05-23 00:42:38 |
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| 2017-09-08 09:23:12 |
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| 2016-12-14 13:26:32 |
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| 2016-10-18 12:04:06 |
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| 2016-10-15 09:24:39 |
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| 2015-12-23 13:25:39 |
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| 2015-12-16 13:26:15 |
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| 2015-12-03 13:26:24 |
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| 2015-12-01 13:26:13 |
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| 2015-11-21 13:25:40 |
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| 2015-05-21 13:31:48 |
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| 2014-10-22 00:25:54 |
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| 2014-10-17 00:23:44 |
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