Integer Overflow in TigerVNC: Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVE-2014-8240 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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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