Is CVE-2014-8241 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2014-8241 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2014-8241?

CVE-2014-8241 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2014-8241?

CVE-2014-8241 has an EPSS score of 3.06% (86th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8241?

Upgrade tigervnc on debian 11 to 1.7.0-2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2014-8241

CRITICALEPSS 86th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

XRegion in TigerVNC allows remote VNC servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) by leveraging failure to check a malloc return value, a similar issue to CVE-2014-6052.

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

How to fix

Remediation Available

tigervncDebian

Fixed in:1.7.0-2CVE-2014-8241

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

3.06%probability of exploitation in 30 days

86thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 86% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory2

Issue Tracking1

bugzilla.redhat.com

Mailing List2

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-21758	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-21547	High	7.5	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-3470	Medium	4.3	86%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-44224	High	8.2	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-0742	High	7.5	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2009-1386	Medium	5.0	80%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.