CVE-2014-8240

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Oct 16, 2014
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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