MGASA-2015-0459: tigervnc Mageia

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 26-11-2015Last modified 16-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

MGASA-2015-0459 is a vulnerability in tigervnc Mageia with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
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0%100%
No EPSS score yet
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 2 · Downstream 0
CVE-2014-8240CVE-2014-8241

Timeline

  1. 26-11-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Updated tigervnc packages fix security vulnerabilities Updated tigervnc packages fix security vulnerabilities: 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 (CVE-2014-8240). A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in TigerVNC's XRegion. A malicious VNC server could use this flaw to cause a client to crash (CVE-2014-8241).

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Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

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Affected systems

Mageia1 product
  • tigervnc< 1.3.1-6.1.mga5

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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