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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-10-16T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:10:51.081Z

Reserved: 2014-10-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-8240

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-10-16T19:55:14.583

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:18:44.870

Link: CVE-2014-8240

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-10-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-8240 - Bugzilla